Past medical history special note is taken of past illnesses which may be directly relevant to the presenting problem for example crohns disease in a patient with recurrent right iliac fossa pain or previous renal stones in a patient with loin pain. Surgical emergencies in hospital medicine shergill iqbal s amazoncomau books skip to main contentcomau hello select your address books hello sign in account lists account returns orders cart all best sellers prime todays deals new . This reference provides a practical accessible guide to all emergency situations found before during and straight after surgery it covers approaches to the emergency surgical patient problem based emergency surgery disease based emergency surgery post operative complications procedures and miscellaneous material such as transfusion