Surgical Principles in Divisional Medical Units

Surgical Principles

75s). London: Butterworth. THIS is a most refreshing and interesting book to read as a textbook of minor surgery-a subject which can be neglected all too readily. The section under 'General Survey' deals with the subject in considerable detail, and the section under 'Regional Survey' describes the numerous so-called minor conditions seen under various headings, i.e. 'Head', 'Neck', 'The Eye', e...

[Developments in medical units. 1915].

In 1915 the political, economic, and social instability initiated the destruction of medical units; they had no administrative bases and they lacked the resources. However, needs encouraged that structures arose to meet the wounded, fractured, and traumatized, called “blood” hospitals and so-called crosses and sanitary trains.

Nosocomial infections in medical-surgical intensive care units in Argentina: attributable mortality and length of stay.

BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections are an important public health problem in many developing countries, particularly in the intensive care unit (ICU). Limited data exists on the incidence and burden of nosocomial infection in the ICU in Argentina. METHODS We performed baseline prospective nosocomial infection surveillance of all patients for 6 months in 3 medical-surgical ICUs (MS-ICUs) in Arge...

Principles of surgical oncology

Surgical oncology, as its name suggests, is the specific application of surgical principles to the oncologic setting. These principles have been derived by adapting standard surgical approaches to the unique situations that arise when treating cancer patients. The surgeon is often the first specialist to see the patient with a solid malignancy, and, in the course of therapy, he or she may be ca...

Principles of Surgical Management