Dr. Pestana’s Surgery Notes: Top 180 Vignettes of Surgical Diseases

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Celebrated by medical students for over a decade, Kaplan's pocket-sized Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes is the highest-yield surgery review for the shelf and USMLE Step 2 CK exams. Designed for portable prep, Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes fits perfectly in your lab coat so you can refresh your knowledge in between cases. The Best Review Concise high-yield review of core surgery material 180 up-to-date vignettes for self-testing 16 brief essays examining selected diagnostic and therapeutic tools from a surgical perspective NEW essay topic: nutritional support of the surgical patient EXPANDED and enhanced bariatric surgery chapter Revised content review throughout, including: therapies for childhood leukemia, ARDS, non-small cell lung cancer, aortoenteric fistula, gout, BPH, prolapsed hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse, and anal fissures, and trends in whole blood availability and use Expert Guidance Revised and fully up-to-date content from distinguished surgery instructor Dr. Carlos Pestana For over a decade, Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes has helped med students excel on the surgery shelf exam and USMLE Step 2 CK About the Author vii Preface ix Section I Surgery Review Chapter 1 Trauma 3 Initial Survey (the ABCs) 3 Airway 3 Breathing 4 Shock 4 A Review from Head to Toe 7 Head Trauma 7 Neck Trauma 9 Spinal Cord Injuries 10 Chest Trauma 10 Abdominal Trauma 13 Pelvic Fractures 17 Urologic Injuries 17 The Extremities 19 Burns 19 Bites and Stings 23 Surgical Infections 25 Chapter 2 Orthopedics 29 Disorders in Children 29 Disorders of the Hip 29 Other Locations 30 Fractures 31 Tumors 32 Children and Young Adults 32 Adults 32 General Orthopedics 33 Common Adult Orthopedic Injuries 33 Orthopedic Emergencies 38 Common Hand Problems 40 Back Pain 41 Leg Ulcers 43 Foot Pain 44 Chapter 3 Pre-Op and Post-Op Care 45 Preoperative Assessment 45 Cardiac Risk 45 Pulmonary Risk 46 Hepatic Risk 46 Nutritional Risk 46 Metabolic Risk 47 Postoperative Complications 47 Fever 47 Chest Pain 48 Other Pulmonary Complications 49 Disorientation/Coma 50 Urinary Complications 51 Abdominal Distention 52 Is It Small Bowel or Colon? 53 What Are Air-Fluid Levels? 53 Wound 54 Intravenous Fluid Therapy 55 Fluids and Electrolytes 57 pH or Nanoequivalents? 58 Nutritional Support of the Surgical Patient 61 Radiology for the Surgical Consumer 63 Chapter 4 General Surgery 65 Diseases of the Gastrointestinal System 65 The Upper Gastrointestinal System 65 The Mid and Lower Gastrointestinal System 67 Gastrointestinal Bleeding 72 The Acute Abdomen 74 Hepatobiliary 77 ERCP or MRCP? 80 The Pancreas 83 A Primer of Surgical Oncology 85 Diseases of the Breast 87 Breast Cancer: An Example of Evolving Knowledge 90 Diseases of the Endocrine System 92 Help from Nuclear Medicine 93 Surgical Hypertension 95 Decoding the Operative Note: The Names of Operations 97 Chapter 5 Pediatric Surgery 99 Birth Through the First 24 Hours 99 A Few Days Old Through the First Two Months of Life 102 Later in Infancy 104 Fluid Needs in Children 105 Chapter 6 Cardiothoracic Surgery 107 Congenital Heart Problems 107 Acquired Heart Disease 109 The Lung 111 Chapter 7 Vascular Surgery 113 The Riddle of Biopsies: FNA Versus Core, Incisional Versus Excisional 117 Chapter 8 Skin Surgery 119 Chapter 9 Ophthalmology 121 Children 121 Adults 122 Chapter 10 Otolaryngology (ENT) 125 Neck Masses 125 Congenital 125 Inflammatory Versus Neoplastic 126 Other Tumors 127 Pediatric ENT 128 ENT Emergencies and Miscellaneous 128 Chapter 11 Neurosurgery 131 Differential Diagnosis Based on Patient History 131 Vascular Occlusive Disease 131 Intracranial Bleeding 132 Brain Tumors 133 Pain Syndromes 136 Chapter 12 Urology 137 Urologic Emergencies 137 Congenital Urologic Disease 139 Tumors 140 Retention and Incontinence 141 Stones 142 Miscellaneous 143 Diagnosing Nocturnal Erections with Postage Stamps: A Generation Gap 144 Chapter 13 Bariatric Surgery 145 Chapter 14 Organ Transplantation 149 Section II Practice Questions Questions 153 Answer Key 243