Modern surgical care
Subtitle: physiologic foundations and clinical applications
By: editor-in-chief, Thomas A. Miller ; associated editors, Barbara L. Bass ... [et al.].
Contributors: Miller, Thomas A. 1944-
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1163
ISBN-13: 9780824728694
Subjects: Physiology, Pathological; Surgery; Physiology; Surgery
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Metabolic response to starvation, stress, and sepsis; title: Pathophysiology of fluid and electrolyte disorders; title: Surgical nutrition; title: The immune system and the immunocompromised patient; title: Physiologic basis of transplantation; title: Surgical infection: principles of management and antibiotic usage; title: Hemostasis and thrombosis in the surgical patient; title: Pathophysiology of shock; title: Neoplastic disease: pathophysiology and rationale for treatment; title: The physiology of anesthesia and pain; title: Sepsis and the syndrome of multiple organ failure; title: Application of cellular and molecular biology in modern surgical practice; title: Physiologic principles in preparing patients for surgery; title: Physiologic dysfunction of the esophagus; title: Gastric physiology and acid-peptic disorders; title: Physiology of digestion and absorption; title: Circulation and vascular disorders of the splanchnic vascular bed; title: Inflammatory disorders of the small bowel and colon; title: Hepatic physiology; title: Portal hypertension; title: Calculous disease of the gallbladder and common bile duct; title: Normal exocrine function and inflammatory diseases of the pancreas; title: The jaundiced patient; title: The spleen; title: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; title: The anatomy, physiology, and differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain; title: Neoplastic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract; title: Mechanical disorders of the stomach, duodenum, and intestine; title: Physiologic derangements of the anorectum and the defecatory pelvic floor; title: Derrangement in gastrointestinal function secondary to previous surgery; title: Pathobiology of surgically relevant pulmonary disease; title: Normal cardiac function; title: Heart failure and resuscitation; title: Mechanical support for the failing heart: current physiologic concepts of management; title: Congenital heart lesions; title: Acquired cardiac disorders; title: Urine formation: from normal physiology to florid kidney failure; title: Urinary tract obstruction; title: Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction; title: Pathophysiology and management of head injury; title: Spinal cord injury; title: Injuries to peripheal nerves; title: Physiology of arterial, venous, and lymphatic flow; title: Aorta and arterial disease of the lower extremity; title: Cerebrovascular disease and upper-extremity vascular disease; title: Venous and lymphatic abnormalities of the limbs; title: Diseases of the thoracic aorta; title: Secondary hypertension: pathophysiology and operative treatment; title: Calcium and phosphorus metabolism and the parathyroid gland; title: Pituitary dysfunction; title: Adrenal glands; title: The thyroid gland; title: Endocrine pancreas; title: Multiple endocrine neoplasia; type 1 and 2; title: The biology of wound healing; title: Breast: physiology considerations in normal, benign, and neoplastic states; title: Hernias of the abdominal wall and its contents; title: Pathophysiology of thermal injury; title: Physiologic problems in the pediatric surgical patient; title: Physiologic considerations in the elderly surgical patient; title: Surgery for morbid obesity.