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Reducing the Risks of Surgery: Safeguards, Alternatives, and Newer Techniques

by Simon Marinker M.D.

145 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #00-0130; ISBN 1-55212-465-7; US$22.00, C$25.50, EUR18.00, £13.00

This book will not make you a surgical specialist, but it will make you more knowledgeable about what to expect as a patient

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About the Book You, the surgical patient, are part of a team that includes your family physician, anesthetist, surgeon and members of the surgical nursing staff. Each member of that team has an obligation to make your recovery from major surgery, if and when an operation proves to be necessary, as safe as possible. The first responsibility is yours and the other members of your surgical team will do their part. That is what this book is all about. In addition, safe and effective new alternatives to major surgery are discussed, as are modern technological approaches, both for diagnoses and for treatment. Medical terms are explained in the text as far as possible and a glossary of these terms has also been added to the end of the book. In addition there is an index for cross-reference. This book will not make you a surgical specialist, but it will make you more knowledgeable about what to expect as a patient

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About the Author Simon Marinker graduated in January 1936 from the Middlesex Hospital (London University) with the degree of M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Gold Medallion in Surgery). Other degrees: M.B., B.S. (London); F.R.C.S. (England); F.R.C.S.C. Former appointments: Chief of Surgery, Dundurn Military Hospital, Saskatchewan, during World War II; Chief of Surgery, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.; President of the B.C. Surgical Society; Chairman of the Section of General Surgery in the B.C. Medical Association; Chief of Surgery, Algoma District Medical Group in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (now a 40-man group and growing). Also by Simon Marinker: Beyond the Citadel Reducing the Risks of Surgery Assassination, Preparation & Consequences

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Preparing For Surgery
Chapter 2: Anesthesia
Chapter 3: Fluids and Electrolytes
Chapter 4: Complications of Surgery and their Management
Chapter 5: Special Risks of the Very Young and the Very Old
Chapter 6: Shock and "Ards"
Chapter 7: Blood transfusion problems and blood clotting defects
Chapter 8: Complications of Malnutrition
Chapter 9: Infection
Chapter 10: Thrombosis and Embolism
Chapter 11: Complications of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Chapter 12: Ongoing Advances
Glossary of Medical Terms

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Catalogue Information

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