Manual of Common Bedside Surgical Procedures

New edition of a handbook that describes techniques and procedures required daily in hospitals. Chen and Christopher J. Sonnenday (surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital) present ten contributions that provide background and anatomical information to prepare the young physician to perform surgery. Topics include airway management; arterial/venous access; cardiac, thoracic, gastrointestinal, neurosurgical, urologic, plastic and hand, and orthopedic procedures; and needle biopsies. Appendices describe life support protocols, focused abdominal sonography for trauma, conscious IV sedation, and surgical sutures. Wire spiral binding.Chen, Herbert is the author of 'Manual of Common Bedside Surgical Procedures', published 2000 under ISBN 9780683307924 and ISBN 0683307924.