ACS Surgery : Principles and Practice 2005

Authored by over 200 master surgeons, ACS Surgery is the only American College of Surgeons-sponsored textbook on general surgery. ACS Surgery gives you the information you need to help you perform core surgical procedures more efficiently and to provide current, cost-effective patient care. The latest recommendations from master surgeons are presented in exquisitely illustrated chapters, covering: resuscitation, common presenting problems, trauma and thermal injury, preoperative preparation, operative management, special preoperative problems, care in the ICU, postoperative management...and more. The key features include: clear, to the point recommendations on best surgical practices; body system format thinks like a surgeon, guiding you to the answers you need; exquisite full-colour illustrations explain complex procedures; over 100 algorithms diagram the diagnostic and therapeutic pathways, making it easier to understand possible courses of actions and pitfalls to avoid; and nearly 40 per cent new and updated content.