Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword by Professor Lord Ara Darzi KBE
- Preface
- Section 1 Perioperative care
- Consent and medico-legal considerations
- Elective surgery
- Special situations in surgery: the diabetic patient
- Special situations in surgery: the jaundiced patient
- Special situations in surgery: patients with thyroid disease
- Special situations in surgery: steroids and surgery
- Special situations in surgery: surgical considerations in the pregnant woman
- Haematological considerations: thrombosis in surgery
- Haematological considerations: bleeding
- Haematological considerations: haemorrhage (massive-bleeding protocol)
- Haematological considerations: blood products and transfusion
- Shock
- Fluid management
- Electrolyte management
- Pain control
- Nutrition
- Antibiotic prescribing in surgery
- Critical care: the critically-ill patient, decision making and judgement
- Critical care: cardiovascular physiology and support
- Critical care: respiratory pathophysiology and support
- Critical care: renal support
- Critical care: other considerations
- Postoperative complications
- Surgical drains
- Abdominal stoma care
- Section 2 Surgical emergencies
- Section 3 Surgical disease
- Section 4 Surgical oncology
- Section 5 Practical procedures, investigations and operations
- Section 6 Radiology
- Section 7 Clinical examination
- Appendices
- Index
Haematological considerations: bleeding
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword by Professor Lord Ara Darzi KBE
- Preface
- Section 1 Perioperative care
- Consent and medico-legal considerations
- Elective surgery
- Special situations in surgery: the diabetic patient
- Special situations in surgery: the jaundiced patient
- Special situations in surgery: patients with thyroid disease
- Special situations in surgery: steroids and surgery
- Special situations in surgery: surgical considerations in the pregnant woman
- Haematological considerations: thrombosis in surgery
- Haematological considerations: bleeding
- Haematological considerations: haemorrhage (massive-bleeding protocol)
- Haematological considerations: blood products and transfusion
- Shock
- Fluid management
- Electrolyte management
- Pain control
- Nutrition
- Antibiotic prescribing in surgery
- Critical care: the critically-ill patient, decision making and judgement
- Critical care: cardiovascular physiology and support
- Critical care: respiratory pathophysiology and support
- Critical care: renal support
- Critical care: other considerations
- Postoperative complications
- Surgical drains
- Abdominal stoma care
- Section 2 Surgical emergencies
- Section 3 Surgical disease
- Section 4 Surgical oncology
- Section 5 Practical procedures, investigations and operations
- Section 6 Radiology
- Section 7 Clinical examination
- Appendices
- Index
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- Type
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- Hospital SurgeryFoundations in Surgical Practice, pp. 48 - 56Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009