Clinician's Guide to Surgical Care

by Pryor, John; Todd, Barbara; Dryer, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780071478977
• ISBN10: 0071478973
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-09
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical

Summary

Written by a team of surgeons, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, Clinician's Guide to Surgical Care features a problem-based approach to reviewing the most commonly encountered patient complaints requiring surgical treatment.

Author Biography

Dr. John P. Pryor, MD is Assistant Professor of Surgery and the Trauma Program Director in the Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care at The University of Pennsylvania.

Michael Dryer PA-C DrPH is Chair of the Department of Medical Science and Community Health at Arcadia University's Physician Assistant Program, which is the second largest PA program in the United States.

Barbara A. Todd, MSN CRNP FAANP is the director of the Non-Physician Practitioners (NPP) at the Hospital University of Pennsylvania and adjunct faculty at the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Nursing. She began her nursing career at Case Western Reserve University in surgical nursing. She then began a career as a nurse practitioner in 1984 with her first NP position in cardiac surgery here at the Hospital University of Pennsylvania. She then pursued an administrative and clinical role as the program director for the cardiac and thoracic surgery program at Temple University from 1989 to 2003, where she developed the inpatient NP model. She has lectured extensively on issues in cardiac care and has been course director for many educational programs. She has published numerous articles and authored a certification review book for students preparing for the acute care nurse practitioner exam. She is certified in both family practice and acute care.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
General Surgical Care
A Team Approach to Surgical Care	p. 3
The Surgical Consultation	p. 9
General Care of the Surgical Patient	p. 15
Tubes, Drains, and Ostomies	p. 27
Respiratory Compromise	p. 43
Hemodynamic Failure	p. 59
Fluid Imbalance	p. 71
Changes in Mental Status	p. 83
Sepsis	p. 95
Surgical Problems
Acute Abdominal Pain	p. 105
Chronic Abdominal Pain	p. 123
Chest Pain	p. 139
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding	p. 155
Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding	p. 169
Wounds and Wound Care	p. 179
Peripheral Vascular Insufficiency	p. 193
Neurologic Disturbances	p. 209
Masses	p. 225
Anal Pain	p. 241
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding	p. 253
Pelvic Pain	p. 261
Neck and Back Pain	p. 269
Hematuria	p. 283
Scrotal Pain	p. 299
Obesity	p. 307
Soft-Tissue Lesions	p. 321
List of Procedures	p. 331
Index	p. 335
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