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This text aims to provide a comprehensive review of general emergency surgery, the branch of medicine that treats patients presenting to the hospital with a wide variety of emergency conditions. It includes a section focusing on clinical aspects, management, logistics, patient cohorts and perioperative considerations in the context of general emergency surgery and trauma. Other sections describe various conditions and diseases in specific anatomical structures to enable readers to easily find the information they need. Written and edited by international experts and opinion leaders in the field, this book is a valuable reference resource for general and emergency surgeons, trauma surgeons, emergency physicians and nurses. It will also be of interest to residents, students and all other healthcare professionals involved in the management of emergency surgical patients.
Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter
Pages 1-1
History of Emergency General Surgery
Pages 3-8
General Approach to Emergency General Surgery
Pages 9-18
Evaluation of Traumatic and Nontraumatic Patients
Pages 19-32
Prioritizing Acute Care Surgery and Trauma Patients
Pages 33-37
Pages 39-45
Pages 47-61
Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Emergency General Surgeons
Pages 63-89
Pages 91-106
Pages 107-125
Pages 127-136
Pages 137-146
Principles of Perioperative Management in Acute Care Surgery
Pages 147-158
Pages 159-181
Fluid and Blood Management in Traumatic and Non-traumatic Surgical Emergencies
Pages 183-196
Pages 197-218
Antibiotic and Antimicotic Therapy
Pages 219-241
Pages 243-263
Pages 265-274
Pages 275-284
Pages 285-311
Immunosuppression in Surgical Patients
Pages 313-330
Pages 331-345
Geriatrics: Traumatic and Non-traumatic Surgical Emergencies
Pages 347-365
Pages 367-388
Pages 389-400
Management of Animal Bites: A Global Perspective
Pages 401-410
Burns, Inhalation, and Lightning Injury
Pages 411-426
Blast: Mechanisms of Injury and Implications upon Treatment
Pages 427-442
Major Bleeding Management and REBOA
Pages 443-456
Pages 457-469
Emergency and Trauma Surgery During Epidemia and Pandemia
Pages 471-485
Principles of Management of Surgical Complications
Pages 487-495
Iatrogenic Complications of Digestive Endoscopy
Pages 497-511
End-of-Life Care, Including the Role of Intensive Care in Tissue and Organ Donation
Pages 513-521
Futility of Care and Palliative Care
Pages 523-530
Communication in Emergency General Surgery
Pages 531-538
Patient Safety and Risk Management
Pages 539-567
Quality Evaluation in Emergency General Surgery
Pages 569-578
Front Matter
Pages 579-579
Pages 581-604
Emergency Surgical Access to the Neck
Pages 605-621
Pages 623-639
Pages 641-649
Pages 651-663
Management of Neck Surgery Complications
Pages 665-688
Front Matter
Pages 689-689
Emergency Surgical Access to the Thorax
Pages 691-701
Pages 703-710
Pages 711-725
Pages 727-741
Pages 743-752
Pages 753-764
Pages 765-782
Management of Cardiothoracic Surgery Complications
Pages 783-800
Acute Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease
Pages 801-811
Front Matter
Pages 813-813
Principles of Emergency and Trauma Laparotomy
Pages 815-831
Principles of Emergency and Trauma Laparoscopy
Pages 833-853
Esophageal Non-traumatic Emergencies
Pages 855-869
Pages 871-876
Pages 877-887
Surgical Jaundice and Cholangitis
Pages 889-900
Biliary Colic and Acute Cholecystitis
Pages 901-909
Pages 911-922
Spleen Non-traumatic Acute Surgical Conditions
Pages 923-933
Acute Adrenal Conditions: Pheochromocytoma Emergencies
Pages 935-948
Pages 949-968
Pages 969-981
Pages 983-1000
Acute Left Colonic Diverticulitis
Pages 1001-1006
Pages 1007-1016
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Pages 1017-1033
Pages 1035-1047
Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Pages 1049-1065
Pages 1067-1084
Diagnosis and Management of Acute Small Bowel Obstruction
Pages 1085-1094
Pages 1095-1101
Small Bowel Diverticular Disease
Pages 1103-1116
Pages 1117-1129
Pages 1131-1142
Emergency Management of Abdominal Wall Hernia
Pages 1143-1153
Emergency Management of Internal Hernia
Pages 1155-1161
Emergency Management Hiatal Hernia and Gastric Volvulus
Pages 1163-1174
Stoma-Related Surgical Emergencies
Pages 1175-1185
Pages 1187-1206
Pages 1207-1225
Pages 1227-1251
Bowel Parasitic Surgical Emergencies
Pages 1253-1262
Pages 1263-1281
Gynaecological Surgical Emergencies
Pages 1283-1294
Nontraumatic Urologic Emergencies
Pages 1295-1305
Non-Obstetric Abdominal Surgical Emergencies in Pregnancy and Puerperium
Pages 1307-1326
Enterovesical and Enterogenital Fistulae
Pages 1327-1335
Enterocutaneous and Enteroatmospheric Fistulae
Pages 1337-1350
Complication of Bariatric Surgery
Pages 1351-1367
Intra-Abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Pages 1369-1395
Pages 1397-1413
Pages 1415-1430
Pages 1431-1447
Pages 1449-1460
Pages 1461-1482
Duodeno-Pancreatic and Extrahepatic Biliary Trauma
Pages 1483-1497
Pages 1499-1512
Pages 1513-1525
Pages 1527-1538
Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (rAAA)
Pages 1539-1552
Pages 1553-1563
Management of Complications Occurring After Pancreas Transplantation
Pages 1565-1579
Liver Transplant Complications Management
Pages 1581-1609
Front Matter
Pages 1611-1611
Emergency Vascular Access to Extremities
Pages 1613-1630
Pages 1631-1652
Pages 1653-1661
Extremity Compartment Syndrome
Pages 1663-1678
Pages 1679-1687
Pages 1689-1712
Front Matter
Pages 1713-1713
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection
Pages 1715-1724
Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Abscesses
Pages 1725-1736
Pages 1737-1750
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