cover image - On Call Surgery, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780323528894
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 05-02-2019
Page Count: 640
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $42.99

On Call Surgery, 4th Edition

by Gregg A. Adams, MD, FACS, Stephen D. Bresnick, MD, DDS, Jared Forrester, MD and Graeme Rosenberg, MD

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cover image - On Call Surgery, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780323528894
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 05-02-2019
Page Count: 640
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $42.99
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    • Highlights medications, doses, and critical information in a second color for fast reference.
    • Features a logical, highly templated format so you can locate key information quickly.
    • Delivers consistent, easy-to-follow coverage of the most common on-call problems and approaches, including what to do from the initial phone call, questions you should ask to assess the urgency of each situation, "Elevator Thoughts," how to immediately identify major threats to life, what to do at the bedside, and how to avoid common mistakes for every call.
    • Provides updated content and references, as well as an up-to-date drug formulary, keeping you on the cutting edge of current, evidence-based information.
    • NEW! Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
  • Adams: On Call Surgery, 4th edition

    Introduction
    1. Approach to On-Call Surgical Problems
    2. Special Considerations for Surgical Patients
    3. Documentation of On-Call Problems
    4. On-Call Hazards

    Patient-related Problems: The common calls
    5. Abdominal Pain
    6. Bowel Function – Constipation and Diarrhea
    7. Chest Pain
    8. Drug Reactions
    9. Dysrhythmias
    10. Falls
    11. Fever
    12. Fluids, Electrolytes and Acid-base Status
    13. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
    14. Glucose Management and Surgical Nutrition
    15. Headache
    16. Hypertension
    17. Hypotension and Shock
    18. Insomnia
    19. Intravenous Access
    20. Leg Pain
    21. Mental Status Changes
    22. Nausea and Vomiting
    23. Pain Management
    24. Preoperative Preparation
    25. Pronouncing Death
    26. Postoperative Bleeding
    27. Seizures
    28. Shortness of Breath
    29. Syncope
    30. Trauma
    31. Tubes and Drains
    32. Ultrasound at the bedside
    33. Urine Output Changes
    34. Wounds and Surgical Site Infections

    Appendices
    A. Adult Emergency Cardiac Care Algorithms
    B. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Drugs and Electrical Therapy
    C. Reading X-rays, Reading EKGs
    D. Outlines of Common Surgical Notes
    E. Antibiotic Standard Doses and Indications for Patients with Normal Renal Function
    F. Proprietary Names of Common Medications
    G. On-Call Formulae

  • Gregg A. Adams, MD, FACS, Staff Surgeon, Director of Surgical Education, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA; Clinical Instructor, Department of General Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, Stephen D. Bresnick, MD, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, Jared Forrester, MD, Resident in Surgery, General Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California and Graeme Rosenberg, MD
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