Description
Format : EPUB + Converted PDF
By: Michael S. Delbridge and Wissam Al-Jundi
This quick reference guide for medical students and junior doctors is essential during surgery rotations.
Churchill’s Pocketbook of Surgery covers the fundamental principles of all the major surgical specialties, including aetiology, diagnosis and management, pre-operative and post-operative care. It includes an overview of important considerations such as consent, clinical audit, common operations, and provides a checklist of emergencies.
Fully updated, succinct and clearly structured, this is a must-have book that you will return to time and again.
- New chapter on the heart and thoracic great vessels
- Updated content on new surgical approaches and minimally invasive surgery
- The shock chapter has been updated to reflect the tenth edition of ATLS
- Introductory chapter on consent, medicolegal issues, statistics and clinical audit
- New colour illustrations throughout
- Small, portable format – refer to it during your surgical rounds
- Succinct text and clearly structured – easy to navigate for doctors on the go
- Covers all the major surgical specialties
- Provides an overview of history-taking, relevant physical signs, differential diagnosis, investigations and practical treatment
- Outlines common operations such as appendicectomy and thyroidectomy
- Checklist of emergency situations for quick reference
- Hints and tips throughout
Cassie –
Excellent book
The surgical basics, anatomy reminders, and operative overviews are all well laid out
Colleen A. –
perfect for quick checks
Simone Baptista de Oliveira –
The layout is logical, the key points are emphasized, and the “red-flag” boxes are great. For anyone in surgery from medical student to resident this is a go to tool on the wards
randeep suneja –
Good 👍🏻