Surgical Critical Care

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® and CCrISP® 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.

• Features new sections on updated sepsis guidelines and management and clarification of the importance of major haemorrhage protocols
• Equips surgical trainees with the skills needed to understand a clinical problem from an examiner's perspective and to formulate individual approaches to answer common questions
• Questions are presented in a viva voce manner, reflecting the examination format of all four surgical Royal Colleges of the United Kingdom, and answers are presented in a clear and methodical fashion