Book[edited by] Alden H. Harken, Ernest E. Moore.
Contents:
I. General topics
Are you ready for your surgical rotation?
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
How to treat all cardiac dysrhythmias
How to think about shock
Congestive heart failure (CHF) and pulmonary insufficiency
Mechanical ventilation
Why get arterial blood gases?
Fluids, electrolytes, Gatorade, and sweat
Nutritional assessment, parenteral, and enteral nutrition
What does postoperative fever mean?
Surgical wound infection
Priorities in evaluation of the acute abdomen
Surgical infectious disease
Risks of blood-borne disease
Sepsis
Frailty
II. Trauma. Initial assessment
Posttraumatic hemorrhagic shock
Traumatic brain injury
Spinal cord injuries
Penetrating neck trauma
Blunt thoracic trauma
Penetrating thoracic trauma
Blunt abdominal trauma
Penetrating abdominal trauma
Hepatic and biliary trauma
Splenic trauma
Pancreatic and duodenal injury
Trauma to the colon and rectum
Pelvic fractures
Upper urinary tract injuries
Lower urinary tract injury and pelvic trauma
Extremity vascular injuries
Facial lacerations
Maxillofacial trauma
Basic care of hand injuries
Burns
Pediatric trauma
III. Abdominal surgery. Appendicitis
Gallbladder disease
Pancreatic cancer
Acute pancreatitis
Diagnosis and therapy of chronic pancreatitis
Portal hypertension and esophageal varices
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Esophageal cancer
Acid-peptic ulcer disease
Small bowel obstruction
Intestinal ischemia
Diverticular disease of the colon
Acute large bowel obstruction
Inflammatory bowel disease
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Colorectal polyps
Colorectal carcinoma
Anorectal disease
Inguinal hernia
Bariatric surgery
IV. Endocrine surgery. Hyperparathyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Thyroid nodules and cancer
Surgical hypertension
Adrenal laparoscopic adrenalectomy incidentaloma
V. Breast surgery. Breast masses
Primary therapy for breast cancer
VI. Other cancers. What is cancer?
Melanoma
Non-melanoma skin cancer
Parotid tumors
Neck masses
VII. Vascular surgery. What is atherosclerosis?
Arterial insufficiency
Carotid disease
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Venous disease
Noninvasive vascular diagnostic laboratory
VIII. Cardiothoracic surgery. Coronary artery disease
Mitral stenosis
Mitral regurgitation
Aortic valvular disease
Thoracic surgery for non-neoplastic disease
Lung cancer
Solitary pulmonary nodule
Dissecting aortic aneurysm
IX. Pediatric surgery. Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
Intestinal obstruction of neonates and infants
Tracheoesophageal malformations
Tracheoesophageal malformations
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Abdominal tumors
Congenital cysts and sinuses of the neck
X. Transplantation. Liver transplantation
Kidney and pancreas transplantation
Heart transplantation
Mechanical circulatory support
Lung transplantation
Penile and scrotal urologic emergencies
Urolithiasis
XI. Urology. Renal cell carcinoma
Bladder cancer
Prostate cancer
Urodynamics and voiding dysfunction
Pediatric urology
XII. Health care. Can health care be reformed?
Ethics in the surgical intensive care unit
Professionalism
Required reading.