ABC of Tubes, Drains, Lines and Frames (ABC Series)

Surgical patients are increasingly undergoing operative procedures that require complex post-operative care followed by prolonged rehabilitation in the community, and few leave surgery without a wound, tube, line or drain. The care of these surgical adjuncts is undertaken either in hospital by ward staff or away from the hospital in the community, where GPs and practice nurses are expected to take over the day-to-day management of this care. The ABC of Tubes, Drains, Lines and Frames is a practical guide that provides a clear account of the key issues involved in the assessment and management. Read more... ABC of Tubes, Drains, Lines and Frames; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 The Complex Abdomen Tracy R. Bilski, Brian Rowlands and Adam Brooks; CHAPTER 2 Surgical Airways Andrew Taylor; CHAPTER 3 The Chest Ben Davies; CHAPTER 4 Lines Adam Wolverson; CHAPTER 5 Pain Trudy Towell and Jonathan Mole; CHAPTER 6 Feeding Gabriel Rodrigues, Joy Field and Dileep Lobo; CHAPTER 7 Surgical Wounds Alastair Simpson and Adam Brooks; CHAPTER 8 Surgical Drains Sherif Awad, Alastair Simpson and Adam Brooks; CHAPTER 9 Hepatobiliary Ian Beckingham, Sherif Awad, J. Edward Fitzgerald and Adam Brooks. CHAPTER 10 Stomas Iain Anderson and Amanda SmithCHAPTER 11 Urology Gurminder Mann; CHAPTER 12 Central Nervous System Jerard Ross, Dawn Williams and Neil Buxton; CHAPTER 13 Frames, Pins and Plaster Ian Pallister; Index