| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 702 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part 1. Acute surgical management -- Section I. Craniofacial Emergencies -- The Acute Management of Head Injuries / Alvin Hong -- Intra-cerebral Haemorrhage in Adults / John Thomas -- Paediatric Neurosurgical Emergencies : A Problem-Based Approach / Keith YC Goh -- Acute Management of Craniofacial Trauma / Vincent KL Yeow and Andrew Tay -- Emergencies in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery / Asher Lim and Luan-Yook Teh -- Section II. Otorhinolaryngological Emergencies -- Management of Epistaxis / Dharambir S Sethi and Jern-Lin Leong -- Managing the Difficult Airway in an Emergency Setting / Ruban Poopalalingam, Nian-Chih Hwang and Eugene Chin -- Tracheostomy / Abhilash Balakrishnan -- Management of Ingested Foreign Bodies / Wong-Kein Low and Hin-Ngan Tay -- Section III. Cardiovascular and Thoracic Emergencies -- Blunt Cardiac Injury / Yeong-Phang Lim, Richard Lupinski and Yeow-Leng Chua -- Aortic Trauma / Kenny Yoong-Kong Sin and Yeow-Leng Chua -- Acute Arterial Disease / Meng-Keng Teoh -- Vascular Trauma / Mathew G. Sebastian -- Penetrating Trauma to the Chest / Chong-Hee Lim and Thirugnanam Agasthian -- Section IV. Gastrointestinal Tract Emergencies -- Management of the Acute Abdomen / Melissa Teo and Kee-Chee Soo -- Management of Intestinal Obstruction / Choong-Leong Tang and Francis Seow-Choen -- Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Wai-Keong Wong -- Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Kong-Weng Eu and Kok-Sun Ho -- Surgical Emergencies of the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary System / Pierce Chow -- Abdominal Trauma / Allen Yeo -- Section V. Gynaecological Emergencies -- Female Genital Bleeding / Sun-Kuie Tay and Ann Tan -- Ectopic Pregnancy / Hak-Koon Tan, Su-Ling Yu and Sun-Kuie Tay -- Emergency Management of Ovarian Cysts / Sun-Kuie Tay -- Section VI. Urological Emergencies -- Acute Non-traumatic Urological Emergencies / Weber Lau and Keong-Tatt Foo -- Renal and Ureteric Injury / Sidney Yip and Michael Wong -- Trauma to the Bladder and Urethra / Lay-Guat Ng and Chris Cheng -- Section VII. Perianal Emergencies -- Genitoperineal (Fournier's) Gangrene / Yik-Hong Ho -- Acute Management of Haemorrhoids / Sieu-Min Heah -- Section VIII. Orthopaedic Emergencies -- Treatment of Multiple Fractures / Tet-Sen Howe -- Acute Management of Pathological Fractures / Mann-Hong Tan -- Section IX. Hand Surgical Emergencies -- Open Injuries of the Hand : Assessment and Treatment / Lam-Chuan Teoh -- Infection of the Hand / Fok-Chuan Yong and Lam-Chuan Teoh -- Section X. Skin and Soft Tissue Injuries -- Acute Burn Care / Erik SW Ang, Colin Song and Kok-Chai Tan -- Soft Tissue Injuries / Colin HJ Tham, Ying-Chien Tan, Karen WE Sng and Vincent KL Yeow -- Part II. Support services -- Section XI. Radiology -- Computed Tomography Imaging of Blunt Abdominal Trauma / Siew-Kune Wong -- The Role of Interventional Radiology in Acute Haemorrhage / Kiang-Hiong Tay, Winston Eng-Hoe Lim and Bien-Soo Tan -- Section XII. Perioperative Anaesthetic Care -- Optimisation of Patients for Emergency Surgery / Christine JC Cheng and Nian-Chih Hwang -- Anaesthesia for Emergency Surgery / Sook-Muay Tay and Chee-Seng Kong -- Early Postoperative Care of the Acute Surgical Patient / Huei-Leng Chee and Claire Ang |
| Summary |
Acute surgical emergencies constitute one of the main clinical aspects that a doctor in hospital practice is expected to handle and manage. This book addresses some of the important and common acute surgical conditions, and has been written from an Asian perspective |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical emergencies.
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Surgery, Operative.
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Wounds and injuries -- Surgery.
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Therapeutics, Surgical.
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Emergencies
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Surgical Procedures, Operative
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Wounds and Injuries -- surgery
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Emergency.
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MEDICAL -- Emergency Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Emergency Medical Services.
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Medical emergencies
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Surgery, Operative
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Therapeutics, Surgical
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Wounds and injuries -- Surgery
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hwang, N. C. (Nian Chih), 1960-
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Ooi, London Lucien.
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| ISBN |
9812563032 |
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9789812563033 |
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9789812386816 |
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9812386815 |
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1281872571 |
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9781281872579 |
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9786611872571 |
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6611872574 |
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