Author Information: Adam Brooks, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust and Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham; Bryan A Cotton, The University of Texas Health Science Center; Lt Col Nigel Tai, Royal London Hospital and Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham; Col Peter F Mahoney, RCDM Birmingham Research
Associate Editor: David J. Humes, BSc, MBBS, MRCS
Lecturer in Surgery, University of Nottingham

Emergency Surgery provides both a practical guide and an understanding of the issues that need to be considered in the management of emergency surgery patients. It presents a clear account of the key issues involved in the assessment, investigation, resuscitation and surgical management of patients who present to the on-call emergency team.

It considers the full breadth of issues encountered in these patients including anaesthesia, pre-op resuscitation/optimization, and initial post-operative care including preliminary high dependency/critical care, as well as the complications and acute issues found in acute surgical patients on the ward.