© 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…
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…
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…
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…
