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Common Surgical Diseases : An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving /

Written by leaders in the field, Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving, provides surgical residents and house staff with a current, concise and algorithmic approach to frequently encountered clinical challenges. Over 100 chapters detail every common surgical disease in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Millikan, Keith W.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Saclarides, Theodore J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1998.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Surgery.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: General
  • Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation with Risk Assessment
  • Preoperative Bleeding Disorders
  • Preoperative Nutritional Assessment
  • Preoperative Assessment
  • Acute Transfusion Reaction
  • Intraoperative Coagulopathy
  • Asymptomatic Carotid Bruit
  • HIV Precautions
  • Hypertension
  • Initial Postoperative Assessment
  • Part II: Trauma
  • Initial Assessment and Resuscitation
  • Head Trauma
  • Hemothorax
  • Management of the Difficult Airway
  • Penetrating Neck Trauma
  • Penetrating Chest Injury
  • Penetrating Abdominal Injury
  • Blunt Abdominal Trauma
  • Pelvic Fractures
  • Traumatic Hematuria Part Three:Vascular
  • Chronic Lower Extremity Ishemia
  • The Acute Cold Leg
  • Extracranial Cerebrovascular Disease
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Part Four:Endocrine
  • Thyroid Nodule
  • Cushing's Syndrome
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Hypercalcemia
  • Insulinoma
  • Gastrinoma
  • Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors
  • Endocrine Hypertension Part Five:Abdomen
  • Chronic Pancreatitis
  • Small Bowel Obstruction
  • Ischemic Bowel
  • Enterocutaneous Fistula
  • Crohns Disease
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Right Lower Quadrant Pain
  • Right Upper.