Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery in Clinical Practice

• Main Authors: Wood, Paul R. (Author), Mahoney, Peter F. (Author), Cooper, Julian P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Orthopedic surgery.; Surgery.; Trauma.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.; Traumatic Surgery.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-339-2

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, t...

Table of Contents:

• Basic considerations: Who are the patients. Elective and trauma. Classification of elective procedures and injuries
• Being prepared  the ward round, operative preparation and consent
• Peri-operative investigations: haematology, cross match, biochemistry, ECG, etc
• Radiology - routine requests, CT and MRI
• Thromboprophylaxis  including spinal / epidural considerations
• Peri-operative fasting  post-operative fluid and electrolyte balance
• Wounds, plasters, casts, drains and tubes
• Problems: Recognising the sick patient
• The confused patient
• Infected and immunocompromised patients
• Compartment syndrome
• Fat embolism
• DVT and pulmonary embolism
• Death certification and the coroner.