Resources for Optimal Care of Emergency Surgery

Description:

Variability in care in emergency surgery is well known, particularly in abdominal surgery, and reducing it is fundamental to improving outcomes. It is therefore vital to identify the factors that are key to improving mortality and reducing complications in various surgical emergencies. Under the leadership of the World Society of Emergency Surgery, over 200 leading experts in emergency surgery, critical care and surgical infections established a template to help define and optimise emergency surgery, particularly that relating to the abdomen. This book refines this initial work, crystallising it into a meaningful resource for practising surgeons and health care administrators alike, and paving the way for advances in emergency surgery around the globe. This book sets a benchmark for Emergency Surgery and is a must read for those wanting their patients to do better.

Table of Contents:

Part I. Key Position Topics

1. Position Paper on Designation of Resources for Emergency Surgery Services

2. Acute Care Surgery Unit Structure

3. Optimal Care in Geriatric Emergency Surgery (GES)

4. Sepsis: Control and Treatment

5. Resuscitation in Emergency General Surgery

6. Medical Laboratory Support for Emergency Surgery

7. Radiology and Emergency Surgery

8. Interaction Between Gastroenterology and Emergency General Surgery

9. Advanced and Specialist Nursing Practice in Emergency Surgery: The Team Approach

10. Data, Registry, Quality Improvement and Patient Outcome Measures

11. Research in Emergency General Surgery

12. Position Paper on Education and Training in Emergency Surgery

13. Appendicitis

14. Acute Mesenteric Ischemia

15. Intra-abdominal Hypertension and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Updates

Part II. Key Performance Indicators

16. Cholecystitis

17. Pancreatitis

18. Upper GI Bleed

19. Bowel Obstruction

20. Perforated Gastroduodenal Ulcer (PGDU)

21. Acute Diverticulitis (AD): Management Phase

22. Abdominal Vascular Emergencies

23. Coagulation

24. Wound Care

25. Complications in Emergency Surgery