Antibiotic Management in Acute Care Surgery
Fig. 17.1 Antibiotics therapy is useful only when the source of infection is controlled. Removing the ureteric obstruction in this scenario is essential for antibiotics to work. The search for…
Geriatric Emergency Surgery
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Salomone Di Saverio, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini and George Velmahos (eds.)Acute Care Surgery Handbook10.1007/978-3-319-15341-4_28 28. Geriatric Emergency Surgery Torhild Veen1, Jan Rune Aunan1 and Kjetil Søreide1 (1) Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, 8100,…
Surgical Emergencies During Pregnancy
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Salomone Di Saverio, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini and George Velmahos (eds.)Acute Care Surgery Handbook10.1007/978-3-319-15341-4_27 27. Surgical Emergencies During Pregnancy Goran Augustin1 (1) University Hospital Centre Zagreb and School of Medicine University of…
Common Surgical Emergencies in Transplanted Patients
Fig. 25.1 Types of surgical emergencies in transplanted patients 25.2 Preoperative Considerations in the Transplanted Patient Although the fundamental principles of surgery continue to apply, it is important to recognize…
Common Pediatric Surgical Emergencies
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Salomone Di Saverio, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini and George Velmahos (eds.)Acute Care Surgery Handbook10.1007/978-3-319-15341-4_24 24. Common Pediatric Surgical Emergencies Andreas Fette1, 2 (1) Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and Pediatric Surgery,…
The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Salomone Di Saverio, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini and George Velmahos (eds.)Acute Care Surgery Handbook10.1007/978-3-319-15341-4_23 23. The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Dieter G. Weber1 and Zsolt J. Balogh2 (1) Departments of Trauma and General Surgery, Royal Perth…
Damage Control Surgery for Emergency General Surgery
Haemorrhagic shock Septic shock Preoperative Haemostatic resuscitation Hypothermia correction Phase 0 Preoperative resuscitation with fluids and vasoconstrictors Hypothermia correction Antibiotic administration Identification of the patient: pathology and physiology Phase 1…
Surgical Site Infections and Their Management
Fig. 10.1 Cross section of abdominal wall depicting the CDC classification of surgical site infection (Adapted from Horan et al. [2]) Table 10.1 Criteria for defining a surgical site infection…
Safety and the Use of Checklists in Acute Care Surgery
Figure 5.1 The WHO surgical safety checklist published online for universal access along with an implementation manual (http://www.who.int/patientsafety/safesurgery/checklist/en/) 1. A “sign-in” before induction of anaesthesia: Confirm patient’s identity, the intended…
The “Off-Label” Use of PICCs
Fig. 12.1 Tunneled PICC: puncture site in the “yellow” zone, exit site in the “green” zone Tunneling is a very simple procedure which can be performed with any PICC (of…
