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Authors: Simon Paterson-Brown MBBS MPhil MS FRCS

Core Topics in General & Emergency Surgery: Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice (97 page)

V

Vagina injury scale,
265t
Validity
construct,
24
criterion,
24
defined,
24
external,
3
internal,
3
Value of information analysis,
37
Vascular Governance North West (VGNW) model,
289–290
Vasopressin,
120
,
309b
Venography,
276
Venous foot pumps,
273
Venous injury,
269–270
Venous thromboembolism (VTE),
268–285
diagnosis,
274–278
epidemiology,
268–269
management,
278–281
aims,
278
anticoagulation,
278–281
high-risk PE,
278
inferior vena caval (IVC) filters,
280
surgery,
272
,
272b
thrombolysis,
280
pathophysiology,
269–270
thrombus formation,
269
,
269b
Virchow’s triad,
269–270
prevention,
272–274
guidelines,
272–273
thromboprophylaxis,
273–274
risk factors,
270–272
,
272b
thrombophilias,
270
acquired thrombophilias,
270–271
,
272b
Venous ultrasound,
276
Ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scanning,
277
Ventilatory problems,
319b
Vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG),
348–349
,
349f
complications,
351t
,
356
Virchow’s triad,
269–270
Visceral perfusion,
239
Visual analogue scales (VAS),
28–29
vs rating scales,
29
Vitamins,
322
Vitamin A,
311b
Vitamin B
12
,
311b
Vitamin D,
311b
Vitamin E,
311b
Vitamin K,
311b
antagonists,
273
,
278
,
279–280
Volvulus
See
Colonic volvulus
Vomiting,
350–352
V-POSSUM (vascular),
289–290
Vulva injury scale,
266t

W

6-minute walk test,
294
Warfarin,
279–280
Weight
loss,
357
measurement,
312
See also
Bariatric surgery
Wells score,
275
,
276
Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome,
314–315
Whipple’s procedure,
246
Whirlpool sign,
221
Willingness-to-pay (WTP) thresholds,
35
World Congress on Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS),
238

Z

Zinc,
311b

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