Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving - Softcover

 
9781493915644: Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1493915649 ISBN 13: 9781493915644
Publisher: Springer, 2015

Synopsis

Written by leaders in the field, the third edition of Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving, provides surgical residents and medical students with a current, concise and algorithmic approach to frequently encountered clinical challenges. Each chapter details every common surgical disease in the form of a succinct text coupled with step-by-step algorithm. It also walks the reader through the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the most common surgical problems. Thoroughly updated and revised, the third edition focuses on problems most frequently encountered by general surgeons and their residents and students. More factual information is included in the form of charts and tables for quick and easy reference. The section on critical care is updated and expanded. The section on pre-operative considerations has new chapters on how to best manage patient's medications before surgery (anticoagulants, anti-platelet drugs) and prophylaxis of deep venous thrombosis. Other new chapters include access for hemodialysis, adrenal incidentaloma, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, management of abdominal wall defects, hyperglycemia, necrotizing soft tissue infections and SIRS/sepsis. Especially pertinent in todays' medical environment is an understanding of the genetic component of certain cancers and chapters are devoted to screening and treating patients with genetic predispositions to colorectal and breast cancer.

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About the Author

Theodore J. Saclarides, MD

Professor of General Surgery

Head, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Rush Medical College of Rush University

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL 

 USA

Jonathan A. Myers, MD

Assistant Professor of General Surgery

Director, Undergraduate Surgical Education

Rush Medical College of Rush University

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

USA

Keith W. Millikan, MD

Professor of General Surgery

Associate Dean, Surgical Sciences and Services

Rush Medical College of Rush University

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

USA

From the Back Cover

Written by leaders in the field, the third edition of Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving, provides surgical residents and medical students with a current, concise and algorithmic approach to frequently encountered clinical challenges. Each chapter details every common surgical disease in the form of a succinct text coupled with step-by-step algorithm. It also walks the reader through the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the most common surgical problems. Thoroughly updated and revised, the third edition focuses on problems most frequently encountered by general surgeons and their residents and students. More factual information is included in the form of charts and tables for quick and easy reference. The section on critical care is updated and expanded. The section on pre-operative considerations has new chapters on how to best manage patient's medications before surgery (anticoagulants, anti-platelet drugs) and prophylaxis of deep venous thrombosis. Other new chapters include access for hemodialysis, adrenal incidentaloma, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, management of abdominal wall defects, hyperglycemia, necrotizing soft tissue infections and SIRS/sepsis. Especially pertinent in todays' medical environment is an understanding of the genetic component of certain cancers and chapters are devoted to screening and treating patients with genetic predispositions to colorectal and breast cancer.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1493915649
ISBN 13 
9781493915644
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
393
Editor
Saclarides Theodore J., Myers Jonathan A., Millikan Keith W.