| Reviews |
| - 'This pocket-sized handbook...should be an essential resource for every doctor working in this specialty...it will be of value to all whose clinical work involves this specialty, including well-established consultants and nursing staff. The text is comprehensive, remarkably detailed and accurate. This is an excellent production that succeeds admirably...the book can be highly recommended. It
should accompany, and be readily consulted by, all junior doctors in this specialty in their day-to-day work.' - Surgeon Vol 5, no 1
- 'The positive features of this book are that it provides brief but clear explanations and rationale for most aspects of cardiothoracic surgery and can therefore be useful as a quick reference guide, particularly in clinical practice...throughout there are excellent diagrams...the anatomy and physiology sections are clear and easy to follow...it is a useful reference text to have in a ward or
unit collection.' - British Journal of Cardiac Nursing Vol 1, no 7
- 'This is an excellent book written for the junior surgeon embarking on a career in cardiac surgery.' - Doody's Journal
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| Description | | - Covers all areas of cardiothoracic surgery in one pocket sized volume for junior registrars
- Helps reader prepare for theatre with overview of most operative techniques
- Includes a practical intensive care section
- Facilitates working in new specialties, with sections on thoracic and congenital heart surgery
- Superb illustrations increase understanding of operative principles
| This handbook covers all areas of adult and paediatric, cardiac and thoracic surgery and intensive care. It provides rapid on-the-spot access to practical management advice, and succinct overviews of most operative procedures.
Every chapter is divided into topics presented across a double page spread to enable easy reference. The advice is based on current evidence and guidelines, with
references coven where appropriate. There is an excellent intensive care section with pages edged in red for immediate access. The book has a full index, and a contents list tabled on the back-cover to aid navigation. The book is in a portable pocket-sized format, with a durable plastic cover. |
Readership: Junior registrars and Senior House Officers in cardiothoracics
Intensive Care Units (ITU/ICU), High Dependancy Unit (HDU) theatre and ward nursing staff
Anaesthesists and intensivists in cardiac units
Critical care nurses
| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Joanna Chikwe, Specialist Registrar Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London,
Emma Bedow, Specialist Registrar in Thoracic Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and
Brian Glenville, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Lead Clinician, St. Mary's Hospital NHS Trust, London
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