Current Surgical Guidelines

Although there are various official websites and printed guidelines available for the surgical sub-specialties, such as the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), there is currently no central place for these guidelines to be accessed. Current Surgical Guidelines provides such a reference for those embarking on their surgical training, yet is also valuable as an aide-memoire for more senior surgicalstaff. Summarizing currently available surgical guidelines and clearly presenting them in one concise reference sourc.

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Part 1 Principles of evidence-based medicine; 1 Principles of evidence-based medicine; Principles of evidence-based medicine; Basic facts; EBM useful terms and techniques; Further reading; Part 2 General care of the surgical patient; 2 Principles of good surgical practice; Principles of good surgical practice; Background; Terminology; By the bedside; Clinical assessment; Record keeping; Performing procedures; Discharge patients and handover practice; Dealing with emergencies; Working with colleagues; Further reading; 3 Principles of admission management.

Principles of admission managementBackground; Admission process-good practice; Discharging patients from hospital; Effective admission management-audit areas; Further reading; 4 Day case surgery; Day case surgery; Background; Selection criteria; Discharging patients; Further reading; 5 Good consent practice; Good consent practice; Background; Providing sufficient information; Who should obtain consent?; Good consent practice; Withholding information; Patients lacking capacity; Good consent practice-audit areas; Further reading; 6 Preoperative assessment; Preoperative assessment; Background.

General evaluationPreoperative investi…