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6.8 - Management of the Critical Care Patient Following Major Abdominal Surgery

from Section 6 - Perioperative Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

Ned Gilbert-Kawai
Affiliation:
The Royal Liverpool Hospital
Debashish Dutta
Affiliation:
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow
Carl Waldmann
Affiliation:
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
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Summary

Key Learning Points

  1. 1. Analgesia should be multi-modal and opioid-sparing.

  2. 2. Adequate resuscitation and management of effective circulation.

  3. 3. Intensive care unit-related complications should be prevented.

  4. 4. Nutritional support should be addressed.

  5. 5. Abdominal catastrophes should be recognised and prevented.

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Intensive Care Medicine
The Essential Guide
, pp. 648 - 652
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Harvey, SE, Parrot, F, Harrison, DA, et al. Trial of the route of early nutritional support in critically ill adults. N Engl J Med 2014;371:1673–84.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Holst, LB, Haase, N, Wetterslev, J, et al. Lower versus higher haemoglobin threshold for transfusion in septic shock (TRISS trial). N Engl J Med 2014;371:1381–91.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McDermott, FD, Arora, S, Smith, J, et al.; Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland. 2016. Prevention, diagnosis and management of colorectal anastomotic leakage. www.acpgbi.org.uk/_userfiles/import/2017/02/Prevention-diagnosis-and-management-of-colorectal-anastomotic-leakage-ASGBI-ACPGBI-2016.pdfGoogle Scholar
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