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Abstract
For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Abernathy’s Surgical Secrets, 7th Edition, features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, and an easy-to-read style – making reference and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
- The proven Secrets® format gives you the most return for your time – concise, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.
- Covers the full range of essential topics in general surgery for in-training or practicing professionals.
- Written by global experts and thought leaders in surgery.
- Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.
- Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime.
- Fully updated throughout, with clear illustrations, figures, and flow diagrams that expedite study and review.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| ifc\r | ES1 | ||
| Abernathys Surgical Secrets\r | I | ||
| Abernathys Surgical Secrets\r | III | ||
| Copyright | IV | ||
| Dedication | V | ||
| CONTRIBUTORS | VII | ||
| PREFACE | XIII | ||
| CONTENTS | XV | ||
| ANSWERS TO THE TOP 100 QUESTIONS THAT YOU WILL BE ASKED ON ROUNDS | XXI | ||
| Abernathys Surgical Secrets\r | XXVII | ||
| I General Topics\r | 1 | ||
| 1 - ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR SURGICAL ROTATION?\r | 3 | ||
| HOSPITAL DISCHARGE | 4 | ||
| Bibliography | 6 | ||
| 2 - CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION\r | 7 | ||
| Bibliography | 12 | ||
| 3 - HOW TO TREAT ALL CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS\r | 13 | ||
| Bibliography | 15 | ||
| 4 - HOW TO THINK ABOUT SHOCK\r | 16 | ||
| Bibliography | 18 | ||
| 5 - CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF) AND PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY\r | 19 | ||
| Bibliography | 22 | ||
| 6 - MECHANICAL VENTILATION\r | 23 | ||
| Bibliography | 29 | ||
| 7 - WHY GET ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES?\r | 30 | ||
| Bibliography | 32 | ||
| 8 - FLUIDS, ELECTROLYTES, GATORADE, AND SWEAT\r | 33 | ||
| Bibliography | 36 | ||
| 9 - NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT, PARENTERAL, AND ENTERAL NUTRITION\r | 37 | ||
| NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT | 37 | ||
| ENTERAL NUTRITION | 40 | ||
| ENTERAL CONTROVERSIES | 43 | ||
| PARENTERAL NUTRITION | 43 | ||
| PARENTERAL CONTROVERSIES | 45 | ||
| Bibliography | 46 | ||
| 10 - WHAT DOES POSTOPERATIVE FEVER MEAN?\r | 47 | ||
| Bibliography | 49 | ||
| 11 - SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION\r | 50 | ||
| Bibliography | 55 | ||
| 12 - PRIORITIES IN EVALUATION OF THE ACUTE ABDOMEN\r | 56 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 57 | ||
| LABORATORY STUDIES | 57 | ||
| SURGICAL TREATMENT | 58 | ||
| Bibliography | 58 | ||
| 13 - SURGICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE\r | 59 | ||
| ANTIBIOTICS | 61 | ||
| PROPHYLAXIS | 62 | ||
| MANAGEMENT OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS | 63 | ||
| EXTRA CREDIT QUESTIONS | 64 | ||
| Bibliography | 65 | ||
| 14 - RISKS OF BLOOD-BORNE DISEASE\r | 67 | ||
| Bibliography | 70 | ||
| 15 - SEPSIS\r | 71 | ||
| Bibliography | 73 | ||
| 16 - FRAILTY\r | 74 | ||
| Bibliography | 77 | ||
| II Trauma\r | 79 | ||
| 17 - INITIAL ASSESSMENT\r | 81 | ||
| Bibliography | 84 | ||
| 18 - POSTTRAUMATIC HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK\r | 85 | ||
| Bibliography | 88 | ||
| 19 - TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY\r | 89 | ||
| Bibliography | 93 | ||
| 20 - SPINAL CORD INJURIES\r | 94 | ||
| Bibliography | 100 | ||
| 21 - PENETRATING NECK TRAUMA\r | 101 | ||
| Bibliography | 104 | ||
| 22 - BLUNT THORACIC TRAUMA\r | 105 | ||
| Bibliography | 107 | ||
| 23 - PENETRATING THORACIC TRAUMA\r | 108 | ||
| Bibliography | 110 | ||
| 24 - BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA\r | 112 | ||
| Bibliography | 114 | ||
| 25 - PENETRATING ABDOMINAL TRAUMA\r | 115 | ||
| CONTROVERSIES | 119 | ||
| Bibliography | 119 | ||
| 26 - HEPATIC AND BILIARY TRAUMA\r | 121 | ||
| SURGICAL ANATOMY OF THE LIVER | 121 | ||
| OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF LIVER INJURY | 122 | ||
| BILIARY TRACT INJURY | 124 | ||
| Bibliography | 125 | ||
| 27 - SPLENIC TRAUMA\r | 126 | ||
| Bibliography | 129 | ||
| 28 - PANCREATIC AND DUODENAL INJURY\r | 130 | ||
| DUODENUM | 131 | ||
| Bibliography | 132 | ||
| 29 - TRAUMA TO THE COLON AND RECTUM \r | 134 | ||
| COLON TRAUMA | 134 | ||
| RECTAL TRAUMA | 135 | ||
| Bibliography | 136 | ||
| 30 - PELVIC FRACTURES\r | 137 | ||
| Bibliography | 139 | ||
| 31 - UPPER URINARY TRACT INJURIES\r | 142 | ||
| Bibliography | 144 | ||
| 32 - LOWER URINARY TRACT INJURY AND PELVIC TRAUMA\r | 145 | ||
| Bibliography | 147 | ||
| 33 - EXTREMITY VASCULAR INJURIES\r | 148 | ||
| Bibliography | 153 | ||
| 34 - FACIAL LACERATIONS\r | 154 | ||
| Bibliography | 157 | ||
| 35 - MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA\r | 158 | ||
| Bibliography | 160 | ||
| 36 - HAND INJURIES\r | 161 | ||
| Bibliography | 164 | ||
| 37 - BURNS\r | 165 | ||
| Bibliography | 170 | ||
| 38 - PEDIATRIC TRAUMA\r | 171 | ||
| Bibliography | 175 | ||
| III\rAbdominal Surgery | 177 | ||
| 39 -\rAPPENDICITIS | 179 | ||
| Bibliography | 181 | ||
| 40 - GALLBLADDER DISEASE\r | 183 | ||
| Bibliography | 184 | ||
| 41 - PANCREATIC CANCER\r | 185 | ||
| Bibliography | 188 | ||
| 42 - ACUTE PANCREATITIS\r | 189 | ||
| Bibliography | 191 | ||
| 43 - DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PANCREATITIS\r | 192 | ||
| Bibliography | 194 | ||
| 44 - PORTAL HYPERTENSION AND ESOPHAGEAL VARICES\r | 195 | ||
| Bibliography | 199 | ||
| 45 - GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE\r | 200 | ||
| CONTROVERSIES | 203 | ||
| Bibliography | 204 | ||
| 46 - ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA\r | 205 | ||
| Bibliography | 207 | ||
| 47 - ACID PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE\r | 209 | ||
| Bibliography | 214 | ||
| 48 - SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION\r | 215 | ||
| Bibliography | 218 | ||
| 49 - INTESTINAL ISCHEMIA\r | 219 | ||
| CONTROVERSIES | 222 | ||
| Bibliography | 223 | ||
| 50 - DIVERTICULAR DISEASE OF THE COLON\r | 224 | ||
| CONTROVERSIES | 225 | ||
| Bibliography | 226 | ||
| 51 - ACUTE LARGE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION\r | 227 | ||
| Bibliography | 229 | ||
| 52 - INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE\r | 230 | ||
| CONTROVERSIES | 232 | ||
| Bibliography | 233 | ||
| 53 - UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING\r | 234 | ||
| Bibliography | 236 | ||
| 54 - LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING\r | 237 | ||
| Bibliography | 238 | ||
| 55 - COLORECTAL POLYPS\r | 240 | ||
| Bibliography | 243 | ||
| 56 - COLORECTAL CARCINOMA\r | 244 | ||
| Bibliography | 245 | ||
| 57 - ANORECTAL DISEASE\r | 246 | ||
| ANAL FISSURE | 247 | ||
| HEMORRHOIDS | 247 | ||
| PILONIDAL DISEASE | 248 | ||
| Bibliography | 249 | ||
| 58 - INGUINAL HERNIA\r | 250 | ||
| CONTROVERSIES | 255 | ||
| Bibliography | 256 | ||
| 59 - BARIATRIC SURGERY\r | 257 | ||
| Bibliography | 258 | ||
| IV Endocrine Surgery\r | 259 | ||
| 60 -\rHYPERPARATHYROIDISM | 261 | ||
| Bibliography | 266 | ||
| 61 - HYPERTHYROIDISM\r | 267 | ||
| Bibliography | 270 | ||
| 62 - THYROID NODULES AND CANCER\r | 271 | ||
| Bibliography | 275 | ||
| 63 - SURGICAL HYPERTENSION\r | 277 | ||
| Bibliography | 280 | ||
| 64 - ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA\r | 282 | ||
| Bibliography | 289 | ||
| V\rBreast Surgery | 291 | ||
| 65 -\rBREAST MASSES | 293 | ||
| Bibliography | 295 | ||
| 66 - PRIMARY THERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER\r | 296 | ||
| Bibliography | 303 | ||
| VI\rOther Cancers | 305 | ||
| 67 -\rWHAT IS CANCER? | 307 | ||
| Bibliography | 310 | ||
| 68 - MELANOMA\r | 311 | ||
| Bibliography | 317 | ||
| 69 - NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER\r | 319 | ||
| Bibliography | 323 | ||
| 70 - PAROTID TUMORS\r | 324 | ||
| Bibliography | 329 | ||
| 71 - NECK MASSES\r | 330 | ||
| Bibliography | 331 | ||
| VII\rVascular Surgery | 333 | ||
| 72 -\rWHAT IS ATHEROSCLEROSIS? | 335 | ||
| Bibliography | 338 | ||
| 73 - ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY\r | 339 | ||
| Bibliography | 343 | ||
| 74 - CAROTID DISEASE\r | 345 | ||
| Bibliography | 348 | ||
| 75 - ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM\r | 349 | ||
| Bibliography | 353 | ||
| 76 - VENOUS DISEASE\r | 354 | ||
| Bibliography | 358 | ||
| 77 - NONINVASIVE VASCULAR DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY\r | 359 | ||
| CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE | 359 | ||
| VENOUS DISEASE | 361 | ||
| PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE | 361 | ||
| DUPLEX US SURVEILLANCE OF VASCULAR THERAPY | 362 | ||
| CONTROVERSIES | 362 | ||
| Bibliography | 364 | ||
| VIII\rCardiothoracic Surgery | 365 | ||
| 78 -\rCORONARY ARTERY DISEASE | 367 | ||
| CONTROVERSIES | 370 | ||
| Bibliography | 371 | ||
| 79 - MITRAL STENOSIS\r | 372 | ||
| BONUS QUESTION | 374 | ||
| Bibliography | 374 | ||
| 80 - MITRAL REGURGITATION\r | 375 | ||
| BONUS QUESTION | 377 | ||
| Bibliography | 377 | ||
| 81 - AORTIC VALVE DISEASE\r | 378 | ||
| Bibliography | 382 | ||
| 82 - THORACIC SURGERY FOR NONNEOPLASTIC DISEASE\r | 384 | ||
| PLEURAL EFFUSION | 384 | ||
| EMPYEMA | 384 | ||
| INFECTIONS AND TUBERCULOSIS | 385 | ||
| Bibliography | 386 | ||
| 83 - LUNG CANCER\r | 387 | ||
| Bibliography | 391 | ||
| 84 - SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE\r | 392 | ||
| Bibliography | 394 | ||
| 85 - DISSECTING AORTIC ANEURYSM\r | 395 | ||
| CONTROVERSIES | 396 | ||
| Bibliography | 397 | ||
| IX\rPediatric Surgery | 399 | ||
| 86 -\rHYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS | 401 | ||
| Bibliography | 402 | ||
| 87 - INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION OF NEONATES AND INFANTS\r | 403 | ||
| Bibliography | 405 | ||
| 88 - ANORECTAL MALFORMATION\r | 406 | ||
| Bibliography | 408 | ||
| 89 - TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL MALFORMATIONS\r | 409 | ||
| Bibliography | 411 | ||
| 90 - CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA\r | 412 | ||
| Bibliography | 414 | ||
| 91 - ABDOMINAL TUMORS\r | 415 | ||
| Bibliography | 416 | ||
| 92 - CONGENITAL CYSTS AND SINUSES OF THE NECK\r | 417 | ||
| Bibliography | 418 | ||
| X\rTransplantation | 419 | ||
| 93 - \rLIVER TRANSPLANTATION | 421 | ||
| Bibliography | 422 | ||
| 94 - KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION\r | 423 | ||
| Bibliography | 425 | ||
| 95 - HEART TRANSPLANTATION\r | 426 | ||
| Bibliography | 429 | ||
| 96 - MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT\r | 430 | ||
| Bibliography | 432 | ||
| 97 - LUNG TRANSPLANTATION\r | 433 | ||
| Bibliography | 437 | ||
| 98 - PENILE AND SCROTAL UROLOGIC EMERGENCIES\r | 438 | ||
| Bibliography | 440 | ||
| 99 - UROLITHIASIS\r | 441 | ||
| Bibliography | 442 | ||
| XI\rUrology | 443 | ||
| 100 -\rRENAL CANCER | 445 | ||
| Bibliography | 446 | ||
| 101 - BLADDER CANCER\r | 447 | ||
| Bibliography | 449 | ||
| 102 - PROSTATE CANCER\r | 450 | ||
| Bibliography | 451 | ||
| 103 - URODYNAMICS AND VOIDING DYSFUNCTION\r | 452 | ||
| Bibliography | 454 | ||
| 104 - PEDIATRIC UROLOGY\r | 455 | ||
| Bibliography | 457 | ||
| XII\rHealthcare | 459 | ||
| 105 -\rCAN HEALTHCARE BE REFORMED? | 461 | ||
| Bibliography | 463 | ||
| 106 - MEDICAL ETHICS\r | 464 | ||
| Bibliography | 467 | ||
| 107 - PROFESSIONALISM\r | 468 | ||
| Bibliography | 470 | ||
| 108 - REQUIRED READING\r | 471 | ||
| INDEX | 477 | ||
| A | 477 | ||
| B | 480 | ||
| C | 482 | ||
| D | 486 | ||
| E | 487 | ||
| F | 489 | ||
| G | 490 | ||
| H | 491 | ||
| I | 493 | ||
| J | 494 | ||
| K | 494 | ||
| L | 495 | ||
| M | 496 | ||
| N | 498 | ||
| O | 499 | ||
| P | 499 | ||
| Q | 502 | ||
| R | 502 | ||
| S | 503 | ||
| T | 506 | ||
| U | 508 | ||
| V | 508 | ||
| W | 509 | ||
| X | 510 | ||
| Z | 510 | ||
| ibc\r | ES2 |