Environmental medicine

Mar 31, 2017 by in GENERAL & FAMILY MEDICINE Comments Off on Environmental medicine

Chapter 18 Environmental medicine Disease and the environment Environmental temperature  Heat Heat injury  Cold Hypothermia  Cold injury  High altitudes Acute mountain sickness (AMS)  Retinal haemorrhages  Deterioration  Chronic mountain sickness  Diving…

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Anaesthesia-related techniques

Mar 28, 2017 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Anaesthesia-related techniques

2 Anaesthesia-related techniques J. Prout, S. Mallett and K. Miltsios CONTENTS Introduction  Techniques to assess perioperative risk  Oxygen therapy  Peripheral venous access  Central venous access  Intraosseous access  General anaesthesia techniques …

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Stomach and duodenum

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10 Stomach and duodenum M.C. Winslet and K.I. Dawas CONTENTS Endoscopy  Perioperative care  Access in the upper abdomen  Examination of the stomach and duodenum  Suturing and stapling the stomach and…

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Colon

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13 Colon R. Novell, M.K.W. Li, O. Ogunbiyi and H.Y.S. Cheung CONTENTS Preoperative assessment of the large bowel  Elective operations  Urgent operations  Principles of colectomy  Laparoscopic colectomy  Right hemicolectomy  Laparoscopic…

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Plastic surgery

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33 Plastic surgery A. Mosahebi and P.E.M. Butler CONTENTS General principles 522 Skin grafts  Random pattern skin flaps  Axial pattern skin flaps  Tissue expansion  Grafts of other tissues  Microvascular surgery  Burns …

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Arteries

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23 Arteries D.M. Baker and M. Davis CONTENTS Introduction  General principles  Exposure of the major peripheral arteries  Types of operation  Arterial operations  Aortobifemoral bypass  Unilateral aortofemoral/iliofemoral bypass  Iliac artery angioplasty…

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Orthopaedics and trauma: amputations

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29 Orthopaedics and trauma amputations N. Goddard and R. Brueton CONTENTS Introduction  General principles  Hindquarter amputation  Above-knee amputation  Below-knee amputation  Syme’s amputation  Ray amputations of the forefoot  Amputation of the…

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Anorectum

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14 Anorectum C.J. Vaizey and J. Warusavitarne CONTENTS Introduction  Anatomy  Haemorrhoids  Fissure  Anal abscess and fistula  Fistula  Pilonidal disease  Hidradenitis suppurativa  Anal manifestations of Crohn’s disease  Condylomata acuminata  Anal tumours …

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Abdominal wall and hernias

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6 Abdominal wall and hernias D.M. Baker CONTENTS General issues in hernia surgery  Inguinal hernia  Femoral hernia  Umbilical hernia  Umbilical infections, tumours, fistulas and sinuses  Epigastric hernia and port-site hernia …

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Breast

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19 Breast M. Keshtgar and D.B. Ghosh CONTENTS Management of breast symptoms  Breast biopsy  Breast abscess  Duct ectasia and mammary duct fistula  Nipple discharge and bleeding  Carcinoma and ductal carcinoma…

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