TAKE CHARGE! GENERAL SURGERY AND UROLOGY. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PATIENT MANAGEMENT. (PAPERBACK)

Preface
Abbreviations
Contributors
• PART I. ABDOMINAL EXAMINATION
1. Abdominal examination and surgical scars
2. Stomas
• PART II. GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) TRACT
3. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
4. Bowel obstruction
5. Acute diverticulitis
6. Management of colorectal cancer
7. Perianal disease
8. Upper gastrointestinal emergencies
9. Acute appendicitis
10. Hernias
11. Bowel perforation
12. Acute mesenteric ischaemia
• PART III. ABDOMINAL VISCERA
13. Gallstone disease
14. Acute pancreatitis
15. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic emergencies
16. Endocrine surgery
17. Vascular emergencies
• PART IV. POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
18. Wound infections and dehiscence
19. Management of an anastomotic leak
• PART V. TRAUMA
20. Trauma principles
21. Burns
22. Head injuries
• PART VI. SKIN VII
23. Necrotising fasciitis and Fournier’s gangrene
24. Breast lump assessment
• PART VII. UROLOGICAL DISORDERS
25. Testicular lumps
26. Genitourinary malignancies
27. Urinary calculus disease
28. Catheter management
29. Benign prostatic hyperplasia
30. Haematuria
31. Urinary retention
32. Testicular torsion
33. Obstructive uropathy
Index

As a junior doctor starting a surgery or urology rotation, you are expected to take charge of referrals from - and give specialist advice to - A&E, GPs and other specialties. Often you will have had very limited surgical experience and only an off-site registrar for support. This pocket-sized book provides a quick, reliable reference guide for the initial management of the common surgical referrals, with guidance as to what complaints require admission and which can be sent home for outpatient or GP follow-up. It will help relieve the stressful experience of being on-call, alleviating some of the anxiety and making shifts more bearable.