Pearce's surgical companion : essential notes for postgraduate exams / / Oliver Pearce

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789126403321
• Autore: Pearce Oliver
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Harley : , : tfm publishing, , 2009
• ISBN: 1-908986-41-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.0076
• Soggetti: Surgery - Examinations; Surgery, Operative - Examinations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""COVER FRONT""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Bibliography""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Section 1 Applied basic sciences""; ""Chapter 1 Pathology and practice of surgery""; ""Basic pathological terminology""; ""Acute inflammation""; ""Chronic inflammation""; ""Microbiology""; ""Sterilisation techniques""; ""The immune system""; ""Immune deficiency""; ""Hypersensitivity reactions""; ""Acute inflammatory response""; ""Risk of wound infection (surgical site infection [SSI])""; ""Wound healing""; ""Neoplasia""; ""Carcinogenesis""; ""Chemotherapy""; ""Radiotherapy (DXT)""; ""Malignant melanoma""""Blood and blood products""; ""Blood transfusion complications""; ""Massive transfusion""; ""Clotting cascade""; ""Disorders of coagulation""; ""Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)""; ""Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)""; ""Hepatitis""; ""Bone""; ""Bone healing""; ""Atherosclerosis""; ""Transplantation""; ""Suture materials""; ""Drains""; ""LASER""; ""Screening""; ""Euthanasia""; ""Statistics""; ""Clinical audit""; ""Clinical governance""; ""Chapter 2 Physiology and critical care""; ""Respiratory physiology""; ""Ventilation""; ""Pulse oximetry""; ""Adult respiratory distress syndrome""""Pulsus paradoxus""; ""Cardiac physiology""; ""Physiology""; ""Factors that influence coronary blood flow""; ""â€?Couplingâ€? of the heart and the blood vessels""; ""Shock""; ""Sepsis""; ""Body fluids and compartments""; ""Physiology of the arterial system""; ""Inotropes""; ""Central line insertion""; ""Cerebral blood ; flow""; ""Renal physiology""; ""Kidneys""; ""Renal function""; ""Renal tubular function""; ""Potassium regulation""; ""Calcium homeostasis""; ""Acid-base balance""; ""Management of acute renal failure""; ""Dialysis""; ""Gastrointestinal physiology""""GI tract histology""; ""Gastric function""; ""Pancreas""; ""Liver""; ""Jaundice""; ""Volumes of GI secretions""; ""Endocrine physiology""; ""Regulation of hormone secretion""; ""Hypothalamus""; ""Pituitary""; ""Thyroid physiology""; ""Parathyroid physiology""; ""Adrenal physiology""; ""Calcium metabolism""; ""General physiology topics""; ""Nociception""; ""Local anaesthetics""; ""General anaesthesia""; ""Diathermy""; ""Nutrition""; ""Burns""; ""Myocardial infarction""; ""APACHE II score""; ""ASA score""; ""Brainstem death criteria""; ""Paediatric general principles""""Chapter 3 Anatomy""; ""Abdominal anatomy""; ""Anterior abdominal wall""; ""Abdominal wall incisions""; ""Posterior abdominal wall structures""; ""Anatomy of the liver""; ""Anatomy of the kidneys""; ""Suprarenal glands (adrenal glands)""; ""Anatomy of the spleen""; ""Anatomy of the pancreas""; ""GI tract anatomy""; ""Gastroepiploic foramen (of Winslow)""; ""Transpyloric plane of Addison""; ""Gallbladder""; ""Anatomy of the inguinal region""; ""Femoral canal""; ""Pelvic anatomy""; ""Pelvic anatomy (as it relates to general surgery)""; ""Pelvic floor""; ""Pelvic fascia""