Vascular Diseases: A Guide for Nurses (2^nd Ed., 1st ed. 2024)

This book offers a practical approach for medical and nursing staff with a step-by-step guide to caring for patients in a variety of vascular clinical settings. It follows a patient?s path of care from management in the outpatient clinic, through to the hospital ward, theatre, recovery room and back to the follow-up outpatient clinic. 

Preface.List of Abbreviations.- List of Contributors.- Section 1. Outpatient Department.- 1 Peripheral arterial disease.- 2 Carotid artery disease.- 3. Abdominal aortic aneurysm.- 4 Upper limb ischaemia.- 5 Raynaud’s phenomenon.- 6 Vasculitis.- 7 Thoracic outlet syndrome.- 8 Hyperhidrosis.- 9 Leg ulcers 10 The diabetic foot.- 11 Mesenteric ischaemia.- 12 Varicose veins.- 13 Deep vein thrombosis.- 14 Managing Lymphoedema: a clinic approach.- Section 2 15. Vascular Emergencies.- 16 Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.- 17. Acute limb ischaemia.- 18 Vascular trauma.- Section 3 19. Vascular Investigations.- 20. The vascular laboratory.- 21. Radiological investigation and intervention.- Section 4 22. Management of Vascular Patients on the Ward.- 23. Nursing care of patients with peripheral vascular disease.- 24. Pain management.- 25. Rehabilitation of amputees and artificial limb provision.- Section 5 26.The Peri-operative Period.- 27. The pre-assessment clinic and the role of the pre-assessment nurse.- 28. Vascular anaesthesia.- 29. Operative vascular surgery: common vascular operations.- 30. The role of the vascular scrub nurse.- 31. Post-operative care of vascular surgery patients.- Section 6 32. Management of Vascular disease in the community.- Section 7 33. Training and Practice Issues.- 34. The role of the vascular nurse specialist.- 35. Training for vascular nurses.- 36. Integrated care pathways.- 37. Clinical governance.- 36 Audit.- 37 Research for vascular nurses.- 38. Aortic Dissection.- BM Index.

Mr Haytham Al-Khaffaf, MB, CH.B, FRCS has been a Consultant vascular surgeon in East Lancashire hospitals NHS trust since 1996. He completed his vascular training in Manchester and has a special interest in carotid surgery and vascular access for haemodialysis. His research interests are;  prevention and management of Steal syndrome in haemodialysis access, vascular access surveillance and effects of dialysis access on cardiac function, Carotid endarterectomy technique, Litigation claims in vascular surgery, Vascular Complications in IV drug users, DVT in arterial surgery and Vascular complications in endurance athletes. 

He wrote the book 'Vascular surgery, a Handbook for nurses' in 2005. He has made over 100 presentations in national and international societies and published over 60 papers. Mr Al-Khaffaf’s professional membership includes the General Medical council, the Royal college of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Vascular society of Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI), the European society of Vascular and Endovascular surgery (ESVES), the Vascular access society (VAS), and the Vascular access society of Britain and Ireland (VASBI).