Complications in Surgery

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012 M11 13 - 884 pages
Complications in Surgery, Second Edition offers authoritative recommendations for preventing and managing complications in all current general surgery procedures. The opening sections discuss institutional risk management issues and risks common to all operations, such as wound healing problems, infection, shock, and complications in immunosuppressed patients. Subsequent sections focus on complications of specific procedures in thoracic, vascular, gastric, endocrine, breast, and oncologic surgery, as well as organ transplantation and pediatric surgery. This edition includes new information on surgical quality assessment and patient safety and updated information in the organ-specific chapters.
 

Contents

Alvin H Schmaier
200
21 Complications of Nutritional Support
210
22 Complications of Immunosuppression
227
Complications of Adrenal Surgery 535 Heart Transplantation 674
237
Assessment of Perioperative Cardiac Risk 67 Gilbert R Upchurch Jr Jonathan L Eliason John E Rectenwald
331
Assessment of Noncardiac 31 Complications of Venous Disease
349
Anesthesia Complications 91 32 Complications of Endovascular Therapy
367
Septic Shock 151 33 Complications of Gastric Surgery
393
Hypovolemic Shock 161 34 Complications of Hepatic Surgery
415
Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities 168 35 Complications of Biliary Surgery
429
Acute Renal Failure 174 36 Complications of Pancreatic Surgery
450
Complications of Thyroid
550
Complications in Endocrine
567
Complications of SoftTissue Tumor Surgery
594
Complications of Lymphadenectomy
602
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