D
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE),
5
Day surgery: operational guide
(DOH),
42–43
body mass index (BMI),
45
,
45f
preoperative assessment,
46–47
Decompression, sigmoid volvulus,
182
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT),
275
computed tomography (CT),
276
impedance plethysmography (IP),
276
magnetic resonance angiography (MRA),
276
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
276
Diagnostic Assessment Programme (DAP) (NICE),
12
Diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL),
232
Diaphragm injury scale,
257t
Double-layer closure technique (Nissen),
104
Drip and suck regimen,
160
Duodenal-jejunal barrier, complications,
351t
,
356
Duodenum injury scale,
260t
Dutch Acute Pancreatitis Study Group,
146
E
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma,
243
cost-effectiveness
incremental, ratios (ICER),
34
cost-minimisation analysis,
33
sensitivity analysis,
36–37
probabilistic analysis (PSA),
37
value of information analysis,
37
willingness-to-pay (WTP) thresholds,
35
Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC),
12–13
Effectiveness and Efficiency
(Cochrane),
1
Elastic compression stockings, graduated (GECSs),
273
,
273b
Electrocardiography (ECG),
47
Electrolyte disturbances,
319b
Emergency medical services (EMS),
229–230
Emergency surgery
Emergency surgery, general
early assessment, acute abdomen,
83–86
services organisation,
82–83
elective, separation,
82
,
83b
Emphysematous cholecystitis,
137
,
137f
Endoscopic duodeno-jejunal sleeve,
349
,
349f
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR),
110
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP),
134
,
135f
duodenal/jejunal perforations,
110–112
Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD),
110
Endoscopic treatment, peptic ulcers,
122–125
Endotherapy, mucosal/submucosal tumours,
110
Energy
Enteral nutritional support,
315–316
Enterocutaneous fistulas,
322
Essential fatty acids,
322
Evidence-based Medicine
(journal),
4
Evidence-based Mental Health
(journal),
4
Evidence-based Nursing
(journal),
4
Evidence-based medicine (EBM),
1–22
clinical guidelines,
11–13
determining strength, evidence,
14–15
integrated care pathways (ICPs),
13
systematic literature reviews,
8–9
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP),
5
Exercise capacity, measures,
293–294
Extrahepatic biliary tree injury scale,
259t
F
Fallopian tube injury scale,
265t
‘Fast track’ surgery,
44
,
53
high approach (McEvedy),
72
low approach (Lockwood),
71–72
transinguinal approach (Lothiessen),
72
Fennerty algorithm, modified,
279–280
A First class service
(DOH),
2
Fistulas
Fixed-effect model (meta-analysis),
9
Fresh frozen plasma (FFP),
119
Functional assessment,
287
G
Gastric ulcers, perforation,
105
Gastro-gastric fistula,
355
Gastrointestinal (GI) tract
Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs),
121
General anaesthesia,
49–50
General Medical Council (GMC), patient information,
294
Generalised peritonitis,
196
Geneva scoring system,
276
Ghrelin (hunger hormone),
345
GIFTASUP (British Consensus Guidelines on Intravenous Fluid Therapy for Adult Surgical Patients),
301–302
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS),
234
Glasgow scoring system, acute pancreatitis,
145
Glutamine supplementation,
322
Graduated elastic compression stockings (GECSs),
273
,
273b
GriPP (Getting Research into Practice and Purchasing),
17
Guidelines for day case surgery
(Royal College of Surgeons of England),
42