When Your Teeth Get Knocked Out In the world of trauma there are small traumas and big traumas. One small trauma that can seem like a big trauma if … [Read more...]
March 22, 2006
Gastrointestinal Bleeding - Part 6 The development of varices in the stomach or esophagus can be a life-threatening problem. Because of the large … [Read more...]
March 21, 2006
Gastrointestinal Bleeding - Part 5 In normal individuals, the liver filters several liters of blood per minute from the gut into the portal vein on … [Read more...]
March 20, 2006
Gastrointestinal Bleeding - Part 4 The most dreaded type of GI bleeding for most surgeons is bleeding from varices in the stomach or esophagus. A … [Read more...]
March 19, 2006
Gastrointestinal Bleeding - Part 3 Before surgeons can treat a bleeding source, they most optimally should diagnose the location in the GI tract. … [Read more...]
March 18, 2006
Gastrointestinal Bleeding - Part 2 Regardless of whether a patient passes blood from the mouth or the rectum, the first step that is undertaken is to … [Read more...]
March 17, 2006
Gastrointestinal Bleeding - Part 1 Patients are usually quite alarmed when they pass blood from the rectum or in their vomit, although for surgeons, … [Read more...]
Fetal Monitoring in Pregnant Surgical and ICU Patients
It is not uncommon for a pregnant patient to develop a surgical condition or to be placed in an intensive care unit for a critical illness. Trauma, … [Read more...]
Liver Hemorrhage
Because of its large size, the liver is the most frequently injured solid abdominal organ secondary to both blunt and penetrating trauma. It can also … [Read more...]
March 14, 2006
Nasogastric Tube - Part 2 There are several management errors that can be made by physicians and other healthcare providers when inserting NGT's and … [Read more...]
March 13, 2006
Nasogastric Tube - Part 1 Anyone who has ever had one of these put in will never forget the experience. Nasogastric tubes (NGT) are large plastic … [Read more...]
March 12, 2006
Sean Connery Kidney Surgery Although none of the editors of Insidesurgery.com are participating in the care of Sean Connery, we have read with … [Read more...]
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