Overview

This text provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to the surgical decision-making process.  These include patient’s anatomy and pathophysiology as well as the magnitude of the injury at hand, the surgeon's own physiologic and mental status, training and experience, and many other factors such as creativity, leadership skills, and overall ""biochemistry"" of the environment. The text reviews theoretical as well as objective information that surgeons use to make intraoperative decisions in situations, often with very limited data; decisions that will decide between a patient's living or dying, such as in trauma surgery and other complex surgeries. How surgeons choose one technical approach over another in these situations is covered. This book fills a critical need for resource materials on these topics and includes both theoretical as well as practical presentations of many typical patients seen in operating rooms aroundthe world.       Surgical Decision Making: Beyond the Evidence Based Surgery is written by academic and clinical practicing surgeons that face intraoperative decision situations on a daily basis and therefore provides a unique and valuable resource in the field for surgeons currently in training and for those already in clinical or research practice.  

Full Product Details

Author:   Rifat Latifi
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Weight:   6.103kg
ISBN:  

9783319806617

ISBN 10:   3319806610
Pages:   265
Publication Date:   30 May 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Intraoperative Surgical Decision Making:  Is It Art or Is It Science or Is It Both?.- The Anatomy of the Surgeon’s Decision Making.- The Role of Physiology and the Surgeon’s State of the Mind in the Surgical Decision-Making Process.- Surgeons and Pilots: What Do We Have in Common?.- A Surgeon’s Decisions as the Leader of an Interdisciplinary Action Team.- Planning and Preparing for the Operation: Guidelines and the Evidence-Based Decision Tree.- The Decision Making Process in Sepsis and Septic Shock.- Intraoperative Endpoints of Resuscitation.- Surgical Decision-Making Process and Damage Control: Current Principles and Practice.- Reoperative Surgery in Acute Setting:  When To Go Back?.- Surgical Decision Making-Process and Definitive Abdominal Wall Reconstruction.- Dealing with the Most Difficult Situations in Abdominal Surgery.- Trauma Surgeon Decision Making: Surviving Outside the Realm of the Evidence Based.- Management of the Most Difficult Perioperative and Technical Challenges in Abdominal Transplantation.- Dealing with the Most Difficult Situations: A Point of View from a Surgical Oncologist.- Difficult Decisions in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Acute Cardiogenic Shock.- Dealing with the Most Difficult Situations in Pediatric Surgery.- A Surgeon’s Thought Process in the Management of Burn Patients.- Decision Making in Reconstructive Surgery.- Decision Making in Reconstructions for Traumatic Defects in Extremity Surgery.- The Surgeon's Burnout:  How to Deal with It.- The Surgeon's Response to a Patient Death.- When Should Surgeons Quit Operating?.

Reviews

This is a collection of presentations integrating the wisdom of multiple disciplines for effective surgical decision making. ... Surgeons at all levels of seniority are an appropriate audience for this book, which features contributions from an international collection of writers. ... This is an intriguing collection of presentations reflecting management philosophy and social issues in surgery. (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2016)

Author Information

Rifat Latifi Westchester Medical Center Department of Surgery 100 Woods Road Valhalla, NY  10595 tel:  520-268-2545 rifat.latifi@gmail.com

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