Abernathy's Surgical Secrets, Updated Edition; with STUDENT CONSULT Access

by Harken & Moore

• ISBN13: 9780323034166
• ISBN10: 0323034160
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-16
• Publisher: Mosby

Summary

The Secrets Series® is breaking new ground again. The leading volume in the very popular Secrets Series® is back in an exciting, updated, and completely redesigned 5th Edition. A new, two-color page layout, a more portable size, and a list of the Top 100 Secrets in surgery help readers to better meet the challenges they face today. And, at no extra charge, purchasers also receive online access to the complete contents of the text via Elseviers innovative STUDENTConsult.com website. Readers will still find all of the features they rely on the Secret Series® fora question- and -answer format, lists, mnemonics, and tables and an informal tone that make reference fast and easy. No matter what questions arise on rounds, in clinical situations, or in the OR, this updated 5th Edition has the answersin print and online.

Table of Contents

General Topics

Are You Ready for Your Surgery Rotation?

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Evaluation and Treatment of Cardiac Dysrhythmias

How to Think about Shock

What is Pulmonary Insufficiency?

Why Get Arterial Blood Gases?

Fluids, Electrolytes, Gatorade, and Sweat

Nutritional Assessment and Enteral Nutrition

Parenteral Nutrition

What Does Postoperative Fever Mean?

Oxygen Monitoring and Assessment

Central Venous and Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring

Surgical Wound Infection

Priorities in Evaluation of the Acute Abdomen

Surgical Infectious Disease

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

Basic Care of Hand Injuries

Burns

Pediatric Trauma

Abdominal Surgery

Appendicitis Can Be Tough to Diagnose

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

Endocrine Surgery

Hyperparathyroidism

Hyperthyroidism

Thyroid Nodules and Cancer

Surgical Hypertension

Breast Surgery

Breast Masses

Primary Therapy for Breast Cancer

Other Cancers

What Is Cancer?

Melanoma

Parotid Tumors

Hodgkins Disease and Malignant Lymphomas

Neck Masses

Vascular Surgery

What Is Atherosclerosis?

Arterial Insufficiency

Carotid Disease

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Venous Disease

Noninvasive Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory

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

Pediatric Surgery

Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis

Intestinal Obstruction of Neonates and Infants

Imperforate Anus

Tracheoesophageal Malformations

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Abdominal Tumors

Congenital Cysts and Sinuses of the Neck X. TRANSPLANTATIONBR>

Liver Transplantation

Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation

Heart Transplantation

Lung Transplantation

Urology

The Surgical Approach to Infertility

Urinary Calculus Disease

Renal Cell Carcinoma

Bladder Cancer

Prostate Cancer

Urodynamics and Voiding Dysfunction

Pediatric Urology

Health Care

Can Health Care Be Reformed?

Risks of Bloodborne Disease

Ethics in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Index

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