Surgical Critical Care

This popular revision guide remains a must-have for all surgical trainees working towards the MRCS Part B OSCE. Continuing the ABCDE chapter format and incorporating an escalating level of diagnostic and management complexity, the book helps readers to understand clinical problems from an examiner's perspective and formulate individual approaches to answer common questions. Demarcated into two sections; the first equips surgical trainees in managing non-ICU based patients, whilst the second provides a basic introduction to the intensive care unit care. The chapters introduce standard definitions, pathological processes, diagnostic features and common management plans. These are based on a range of updated recommended guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network and common advanced life support principles in critical care patients, as well as current ATLS(R) and CCrISP(R) standards. The most common causes of systemic complications in surgical patients are explained, making the new edition an essential revision guide for all surgical trainees, from final year medical students through to junior surgical registrars.

This updated book continues the ABCDE chapter format from the second edition, incorporating an escalating level of diagnostic and management complexity and a concise bibliography in each chapter. It remains demarcated into two sections: the first (e.g. ABCDE chapters) equips surgical trainees in managing non-ICU-based patients, whilst the second provides a basic introduction to ICU care. The chapters introduce standard definitions, pathological processes, diagnostic features and common management plans. These are based on a range of updated recommended guidelines from NICE and SIGN and common ALS principles in critical care patients, as well as current ATLS(R) and CCrISP(R) standards. The most common causes of systemic complications in surgical patients are explained, e.g. updated sections on sepsis and major haemorrhage protocols, to name but a few. A must-have revision guide for all surgical trainees, from final-year medical students through to junior surgical registrars.