Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery and Emergencies in Clinical Surgery Pack [Multiple-component retail product]

It's here! The new edition of this bestselling handbook has been radically rewritten to cover a wide range of new topics and presentations, including information on the assessment and preparation of the patient, anaesthesia and critical care, surgical specialties, and the key components of general surgical practice. There are step-by-step descriptions of common operative surgical techniques, practical hints and procedures, and information on signs, symptoms, and rarities. Quick reference symbols ensure you are guided to key facts and there is an increased focus on evidence-based practice throughout.

This is the essential guide to clinical surgery and the surgical specialities for surgical trainees, junior doctors, and medical students, nursing, paramedical, and rehabilitation staff.

This book is for that stressful time between realizing that a surgical patient is or is becoming acutely unwell, and stabilizing that patient. Emergencies in Clinical Surgery provides an invaluable lifeline, with a practical, accessible guide to emergency surgical situations that you might encounter on the wards or in the emergency department. The use of four distinct icons helps you to identify a real emergency, where more help is needed, to non-urgent conditions that simply need to be monitored.

It features practical evidence-based advice and clear step-by-step instructions which can easily be followed in pressurized situations. Designed for Foundation Year doctors on surgical rotations and for surgical trainees, it is suitable for anyone wanting a greater understanding of common emergency surgical problems.

The combination of the new edition of the bestselling handbook and its emergencies counterpart provides an accessible overview of key surgical principles, techniques and procedures, as well as a practical, accessible guide to all emergency situations found before, during, and straight after surgery.

Thoroughly revised with a wide range of new topics, presentations, and a new layout to aid quick references, the new edition of this best-selling Oxford Handbook serves as an accessible pocket reference for junior surgical trainees, medical students, nurses, and paramedics.
This handbook covers the assessment and preparation of the patient, anaesthesia and critical care, inflammation, wound healing and infection, and the key components of general surgical practice, as well as chapters on other surgical specialties, including plastic, paediatric, and orthopaedic surgery. There are step by step descriptions of common operative surgical techniques, practical hints and procedures, and information on signs, symptoms, and rarities. Emergency presentations are clearly identified for rapid reference and investigations and management plans are set out in a clear and easy way to follow. Surgically relevant antomy and physiology is provided for each area, quick reference symbols ensure that that reader is guide to key facts and there is an increased focus on evidence-based practice throughout.
A cut above the rest, this is the essential guide to clinical surgery and the surgical specialties.