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Abernathy's Surgical Secrets E-Book
Alden H. Harken, Ernest E. Moore
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Abernathy's Surgical Secrets E-Book
Alden H. Harken, Ernest E. Moore
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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series ® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Abernathy's Surgical Secrets, 7th Edition, features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, and an easy-to-read style – making reference and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
- The proven Secrets® format gives you the most return for your time – concise, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.
- Covers the full range of essential topics in general surgery for in-training or practicing professionals.
- Written by global experts and thought leaders in surgery.
- Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.
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- Fully updated throughout, with clear illustrations, figures, and flow diagrams that expedite study and review.
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Note: Pages followed by “b”, “t”, and “f” refer to boxes, tables, and figures respectively.
A
ABCs
for basic life support, 7
of trauma care, in brain trauma patients, 89, 91
Abdominal bleeding, hemorrhage control for, 114
Abdominal compartment syndrome, 124
Abdominal pain
chronic pancreatitis and, 192
small bowel obstruction and, 215
Abdominal trauma
blunt, 112–114, 114b
abdominal exploration in, 113
bleeding in, hemorrhage control for, 114
in children, 173
clinical examination in, 173
evaluation and management of, 112
exploratory laparotomy in, 113
history and physical exam for, 112–114
imaging modalities for, 112–113
organs most frequently injured in, 112
penetrating trauma versus, 112
penetrating, 115–120, 119b
abdominal operative exploration for, 118–119
to anterior abdomen, flank or back versus, 117
blunt abdominal trauma versus, 112
diagnostic peritoneal lavage after, 118
emergency department (ED) thoracotomy for, 115
initial studies for, 115–117
laparoscopy and thoracoscopy after, 119
management algorithm for, 116f
secondary survey of, 115, 117f
Abdominal tumors, 415–416
in children, 415–416, 416b
Abscess(es)
anorectal, 230, 246
chronic pancreatitis and, 193
intraabdominal
gallium scanning for, 64
surgical drainage of, 64
pilonidal, 248
surgical drainage of, 63–64
treatment of, 63–64
tubo-ovarian, 180–181
Abusive head trauma, characteristics of, 174
Acceptable negative appendectomy rate, 180
Acetaminophen, as fever treatment, 47
Acetylcholine, delirium and, 75
Acetylsalicylic acid, for transient ischemic attack, 346
Achalasia, 200
Acid-base disorders, base excess in, 32
Acid peptic ulcer disease, See Peptic ulcer disease
Acid secretion, physiologic, factors causing, 210
Acid suppression therapy, side effects of, 210
Acidosis
acute intestinal ischemia and, 220
advanced cardiac life support for, 8t–9t
metabolic, base deficit of, 86
Aciduria, paradoxical, 35
Acinic cell carcinomas, 324
Acitretin, 323
ACOSOG Z-11 trial, 301
Actinic ker...