Abernathy's Surgical Secrets

Top 100 Secrets 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 Septis 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