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Operating theatres are very private workplaces. There have been few research investigations into how highly trained doctors and nurses work together to achieve safe and efficient anaesthesia and surgery. While there have been major advances in surgical and anaesthetic procedures, there are still significant risks for patients during operations and adverse events are not unknown. Due to rising concern about patient safety, surgeons and anaesthetists have looked for ways of minimising adverse events. Behavioural scientists have been encouraged by clinicians to bring research techniques used in other industries into the operating theatre in order to study the behaviour of surgeons, nurses and a...
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
To meet the increasing interest in evidence-based medicine, this second edition cites whenever available the meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, and identifies key references within the text which support evidence-based practice.
This comprehensive textbook is the surgical companion to the international bestseller, Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. It provides an overview of core surgical topics encountered in an integrated medical curriculum and, later, in the clinical setting. The book takes a succinct and practical approach to the understanding of surgical disease and care of the surgical patient. It offers comprehensive coverage of the key surgical specialties and includes emerging issues around patient safety and the critical importance of clinical human factors in surgical practice. Fully updated to reflect changes in understanding and evidence-based practice, this is a text that keeps the student...
The book - Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery - is intended to meet the needs of the higher surgeon in training; and the busy practicing surgeon who needs access to up-to-date information on recent developments, research and data in the context of accepted specialist surgical practice. As with each volume in the series, it provides succinct summaries of all key topics within the specialty and concentrates on the most recent developments and current data. Each chapter has been carefully constructed to be easily readable and provide key references. Written and produced to a tight schedule, the 2nd Edition is a highly current and convenient resource for both the higher surgeon in training and consultants who wish to keep up-to-date.
Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery is a current and convenient resource for both the surgical resident and the busy practicing surgeon. It provides trainee surgeons an excellent learning and review resource, and it provides up-to-date information on recent developments, research, and data in the context of accepted specialist surgical practice. As with each volume of the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series, it provides current and succinct summaries of all key topics within the specialty and concentrates on the most recent developments and current data. To meet the increasing interest in evidence-based medicine, authors have cited, whenever available, the meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and identified
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
The popular series - A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice - provides senior surgical trainees with a concise learning and revision source, and the practising surgeon with a regular update in a particular sub-specialty. Each volume in the series gives a current summary of the key topics within the specialty and concentrates on recent developments. As in the previous edition, evidence-based practice is indicated where appropriate - icons are used throughout the books to highlight sections of text and key references which are considered to be associated with reasonable evidence, i.e. are supported by randomized clinical trials, systematic literature reviews, meta-analysis or observational studies A consistent approach is used across the complete series thus ensuring that information is presented in a standard format Each volume gives an up-to-date and concise summary of the key topics within the specialty, thus making them ideal as a learning/revision source for senior surgical trainees or as a rapid reference for consultants Evidence-based practice is identified throughout each book in a consistent style.
Many valuable applications of current and new laparoscopic techniques are being seen in the treatment of cancer patients. This multi-author reference provides clear and authoritative guidance on what can be achieved.