Debra Klamen, Brian George, Alden Harken

Resident Readiness General Surgery

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

ARE YOU READY? GET RESIDENT READY. Resident Readiness: General Surgery prepares you for success during your surgical internship. Inside is a full range of scenarios you may experience during your residency, supported by comprehension questions with detailed answer explanations and tips to help you remember. You will also learn the clinical problem-solving process so you can think quickly on your feet, especially when time is critical. With the book's step-by-step guidance, you will gain the confidence you need to perform at your best on Day One of your residency. BEYOND TREATING YOUR PATIENT, RESIDENT READINESS PREPARES YOU TO Handle inpatient problems on the floor Manage patients in the ED, including trauma Follow up with patients in the outpatient clinics post-surgery Triage multiple simultaneous admissions and/or consults

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 569g
• ISBN-13: 9780071773195
• ISBN-10: 0071773193
• Artikelnr.: 37043582

Autorenporträt

Dr. Debra L. Klamen is Associate Dean of Education and Curriculum as well as Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Education at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Springfield, Illinois). She is also a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at SIU.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors Acknowledgments I.Introduction 1.Welcome 2.How to Read this Book 3.General Advice 4.A 28
year
old Female Incoming Surgery Resident 5.How to Write a Note
Fast! II.Handling Patients in the ED 6.Admissions 7.A 56
year
old Female Status Post Motor Vehicle Accident 8.A 40
year
old Female With Abdominal Pain 9.A 42
year
old Man With Severe Right Upper Quadrant Pain 10.A 23
year
old Student With Periumbilical Pain That Has Migrated to Her RLQ 11.A 65
year
old Female in Severe Abdominal Pain 12.A Patient in the ER With a Blood Pressure of 60/
and a Heart Rate of 140 13.A 67
year
old Man With Mental Status Changes and a Suspected Diverticular Abscess 14.A 57
year
old Man With a Chief Complaint of Nausea and Vomiting 15.A 65
year
old Man Status Post Surgery With a HCT of 24% 16.A 70
year
old Man With "Bad Blood" 17.A 37
year
old Man With a Painful Bulge Over His Left Forearm 18.Three Patients All Present With Issues Related toLaboratory Tests 19.A 73
year
old Man With Acute Right Lower Extremity Pain 20.A 36
year
old Woman Status Post Motor Vehicle Accident While Intoxicated 21.A 50
year
old Man Presenting With Extensive Burns 22.A 56
year
old Man 6 Days Status Post Colectomy With New Pelvic Discomfort III.Handling Inpatients 23.A 75
year
old Man With Postoperative Pain 24.A 72
year
old Man With Acute Confusion Postoperatively 25.You (the Intern) Are Asked to Read a Chest X
ray 26.A 65
year
old Woman in Respiratory Distress 27.A Patient Who Is Postoperative Day 2 With New
onset Chest Pain 28.A 65
year
old Woman With a New
onset Cardiac Arrhythmia 29.A 60
year
old Man in the PACU With New
onset PVCs 30.A 65
year
old Man With Bradycardia 31.A 65
year
old Man With a Pacemaker Who Needs Surgery 32.A Patient With Pulseless Electrical Activity 33.A 55
year
old Man Who May Require Perioperative ß
blockade 34.A 65
year
old Man Who Is in RespiratoryDistress 3 Days Postoperatively 35.A 68
year
old Man with Postoperative Hypotension 36.A 57
year
old Man Who Is Postoperative With aBlood Pressure of 210/95 37.A 65
year
old Female Who Is 4 Days Postoperative With Nausea, Vomiting, and a Distended Abdomen 38.A 30
year
old Woman With Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting 39.A 79
year
old Man, Postoperative Day 3,Who has Not had a Bowel Movement in 4 Days 40.A 70
year
old Postoperative Colectomy Patient Who Is Not Putting Out Much Urine 41.A 55
year
old Male With Postoperative Urinary Retention 42.A 52
year
old Female Who Is Dehydrated Postoperative Day #1 43.A 68
year
old Woman With Electrolyte Abnormalities 44.A 58
year
old Man With a Postoperative Fever 45.A 42
year
old Woman 4 Hours Postoperative With a Fever and Extreme Pain 46.A 35
year
old Man With Crohn DiseaseWho Needs Postoperative Orders 47.A 65
year
old Man With Diabetes NeedingPostoperative Orders 48.A 65
year
old Female Presenting for Preoperative Evaluation 49.A 33
year
old Woman Who Needs Postoperative Orders for DVT Prophylaxis 50.A 78
year
old Woman and a 62
year
old Man With Drains 51.A 58
year
old Woman Who had a Drain Pulled by the Resident in Error 52.A Resident Who Is Unsure About How to Remove a Chest Tube 53.A Surgical Intern in a Moral Dilemma 54.A 35
year
old Man Who Is Disruptive on the Floor IV.Handling Patients in Clinic 55.Ambulatory Care and the Surgery Intern 56.A 55
year
old Man Who Was Struck by a Beer Truck and Needs a CT Scan 57.A 60
year
old Man With Postoperative Wound Complications 58.A 35
year
old Woman Who Needs a Lipoma Removed in Clinic 59.A 52
year
old Woman With a Suspected Congenital Coagulopathy Bibliography Index