Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery in Clinical Practice provides a practical working guide to the most important peri-operative issues and medical problems found in day-to-day ward management.
Designed especially for those who are ‘on-the-move’, this book provides information through use of key points, tables and summaries that is easy to read and clearly laid out. In keeping with the book’s purpose, Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery in Clinical Practice offers a plentiful yet careful selection of references that avoid potential time restrictions. The provision of links to clinical websites provides readers with a gateway to practical know-how tips that remain updated as guidelines change.
This book will be of particular interest to orthopedic and surgical residents and medical trainee doctors in the acute specialties.
Author(s): Paul R. Wood MB, ChB, FRCA, Peter F. Mahoney TD, MSc, FRCA, FFARCSI, FIMC, RCS Edin, DMCC, Julian P. Cooper MB, ChB, FRCS (auth.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 153
Tags: Surgical Orthopedics; Traumatic Surgery; Orthopedics; Surgery
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Patients and Procedures....Pages 3-19
The Ward Team....Pages 21-22
The Ward Round....Pages 23-25
Preparing Patients for Operation....Pages 29-55
Intravenous Fluids and Electrolytes....Pages 57-63
Analgesia....Pages 65-70
Dressings, Drains, Plasters, and Tubes....Pages 71-76
The Patient With a Fractured Neck of Femur....Pages 79-86
Rheumatoid Arthritis....Pages 87-88
Hemophilia....Pages 89-91
Infection and Immunocompromise....Pages 95-102
Compartment Syndrome....Pages 103-107
Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism....Pages 109-112
Fat Embolism....Pages 113-114
The Confused Patient....Pages 115-117
The Ill Patient and Medical Emergencies....Pages 119-129
Problems With Blood Transfusion....Pages 131-134
Medical Errors....Pages 137-139
Do Not Resuscitate Orders, Death Certification, and the Coroner....Pages 143-145
Back Matter....Pages 147-153
