- Presents a comprehensive overview of each topic at a quick glance
- Covers common acute surgical problems
- Refreshes acquired knowledge easily
This book aims to familiarize readers with the most common acute surgery topics encountered in clinical practice and is unique in its use of infographics. It will be used in clinical rotations in surgery as a supplement to the knowledge gained, and will also provide instructors with a complementary tool, offering a wide-ranging guide to general aspects of acute surgery, with some hints on gynecologic and urologic emergencies.
The book is intended to provide medical students and junior residents in medicine or surgery with a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the most relevant operative techniques.
Table of Contents- Preoperative Labs and Tests
- Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation
- Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation
- The ABCs of Medical Imaging
- Appendicitis
- Acute Cholecystopathy
- Acute Pancreatitis
- Acute Diverticulitis
- Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO)
- Large Bowel Obstruction (LBO)
- Clostridioides difficile Colitis
- Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Variceal Bleeding
- Caustic Ingestion
- Neutropenic Enterocolitis
- Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
- Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Dissection
- Peripheral Arterial Embolism
- Hypercoagulability
- Bleeding Disorders
