OSH Paediatric Anaesthesia

Author: Edward Doyle
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Print ISBN-13: 9780199202799
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199202799.001.0001

This title covers all aspects of modern paediatric anaesthesia; from common ENT and general surgical day case procedures through to specialist neonatal, neurosurgical, spinal and cardiac procedures restricted to paediatric centres.

Oxford Handbook of Operative Surgery (3 ed.)

Author: Anil Agarwal, Neil Borley, and Greg McLatchie
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Print ISBN-13: 9780199608911
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199608911.001.0001

The Oxford Handbook of Operative Surgery (OHOS) is for surgical trainees in their early years of training. Medical students and nurses will also find it useful. It follows the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme syllabus. The format is indications, anatomy, procedure, post-operative complications, tips and tricks. Numerous illustrations are used throughout the book. The general surgery chapter covers preoperative assessment, consent, antibiotics prophylaxis, and venous thromboembolism, WHO checklist, energy devices used in operations, duty of candour, sutures, meshes, hernia repair. All the specialties are covered. These are upper gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary pancreatic, colorectal, breast, endocrine, paediatric, vascular, transplantation, urology, plastic and reconstructive, cardiothoracic, neurosurgery, ENT, oral and maxillofacial, and orthopaedics surgery.

OSH Neuroanaesthesia

Author: Michael Nathanson, Iain K. Moppett, and Matt Wiles
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Print ISBN-13: 9780199225835
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199225835.001.0001

This resource provides accessible, clear guidelines on neuroanaesthesia and the management of head injuries. It aims to enable trainee anaesthetists and non-specialist (general) anaesthetists to work successfully in clinical situations.

Oxford Handbook of Neuroscience Nursing

Author: Sue Woodward and Catheryne Waterhouse
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Print ISBN-13: 9780199547340
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199547340.001.0001

This is an invaluable resource covering relevant and practical clinical guidance in dealing with complex clinical situations, for those caring for people with neurological problems for the first time. It enables the user to meet the needs of people with neurological problems wherever they are encountered, be it in a neurology, neurosurgery, critical care or rehabilitation setting.

Oxford Handbook of Neurology (2 ed.)

Author: Hadi Manji, Seán Connolly, Neil Kitchen, Christian Lambert, and Amrish Mehta
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Print ISBN-13:
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199601172.001.0001

Fully updated for this second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Neurology is the definitive guide for all those working in neurology and neurosurgery. This practical and concise quick-reference resource includes a wealth of information and invaluable clinical guidance to ensure all readers stay up-to-date in this fast-moving specialty. Now including brand new chapters on neurological emergencies and neurology within other medical specialties, this online guide includes the most current management and treatment options, drugs, and neurosurgical techniques. Covering the entire breadth of neurology with additional sections on neuroanatomy, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neurophysiology, it includes common presentations and disorders as well as information on neurological assessment. Also included are illustrations to ensure ease-of reference, and valuable clinical advice from experts in the field.

Oxford Handbook of Key Clinical Evidence (2 ed.)

Author: Kunal Kulkarni, James Harrison, Mohamed Baguneid, and Bernard Prendergast
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Print ISBN-13: 9780198729426
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780198729426.001.0001

Key trials have been selected for their relevance to clinical practice, allowing the reader to quickly access some of the most fundamental issues that influence their day-to-day activities. The Handbook covers all major medical and surgical specialties, with a new section on paediatrics added for the second edition. Introductory chapters have been included on the development of evidence-based medicine, giving uninitiated readers the tools required to critically analyse and understand medical studies. Complex trials have been distilled to key relevant facts, for quick reference and understanding. This is a comprehensive one-stop shop for medical students, trainees, and clinicians of all levels that presents key information for a selection of seminal evidence that has informed medical and surgical practice. Readers are introduced to the statistical methods and tools needed to critically analyse trial data, providing a key for the terms and statistical methods encountered in the book and within clinical research as a whole. Leading figures in the major specialties have selected and summarized some of the most important trials, while analysis of the key message and impact of the trial firmly places the evidence into a practical setting for the reader. Key study features and results are examined, while the difficulties or problems associated with the trials are outlined

Emergencies in Clinical Surgery

Author:Chris Callaghan, J. Andrew Bradley, and Christopher Watson
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Print ISBN-13: 9780199219018
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199219018.001.0001

This reference provides a practical, accessible guide to all emergency situations found before, during, and straight after surgery. It covers approaches to the emergency surgical patient, problem-based emergency surgery, disease-based emergency surgery, post-operative complications, procedures and miscellaneous material such as transfusion.

Emergencies in Clinical Medicine

Author: Piers Page and Greg Skinner
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Print ISBN-13: 9780199202522
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199547197.001.0001

This reference aims to give the junior doctor the confidence to recognise these and manage emergencies. It is concise, didactic and an excellent complement to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine.