Surgery

Surgery: A Case Based Clinical Review has proven to be the premiere resource to help prepare medical students for the surgical shelf exam and clinical wards. The second edition was conceived after listening to the feedback we received from students. We have added several new chapters and updated the others. This book continues to provide the reader with a comprehensive understanding of surgical diseases in one easy-to-use reference that combines multiple teaching formats. The book begins using a case based approach. The cases presented cover the diseases most commonly encountered on a surgical rotation. The cases are followed by a series of short questions and answers, designed to provide further understanding of the important aspects of the history, physical examination, differential diagnosis, diagnostic work-up and management, and questions that may arise on surgical rounds and on the shelf exam. The book is written in an easy-to-understand manner to help reinforce important surgical exam concepts.
The second edition of Surgery: A Case Based Clinical Review will be of great utility for medical students when they rotate on surgery, as well as interns, physician assistant students, nursing students, and nurse practitioner students.

Fever and Hypotension in the Intensive Care Unit.- Nausea, Vomiting, and Left Groin Mass.- Abdominal Pain, Nausea, and Vomiting.- Right Leg Pain, Swelling, and Erythema for Two Days.- Abnormal Screening Mammogram.- New Palpable Mass in Right Breast.- Recently Changed Skin Lesion.- Chest Pain, Diaphoresis, and Nausea.- Chest and Back Pain,- Hemoptysis, Cough and Weight Loss.- Incidentally Discovered Adrenal Mass on CT Scan.- Fatigue, Constipation, and Depressed Mood.- Intermittent Episodes of Sweating, Palpitations, and Hypertension.- Neck Mass That Moves With Swallowing.- Progressively Hoarse Voice.- Lump on Neck Increasing in Size.- Aural Fullness, Hearing Loss, and Tinnitus.- Postprandial Right Upper Quadrant Pain.- Right Upper Quadrant Pain, Fever, Nausea, and Vomiting.- Severe Epigastric Pain With Nausea and Vomiting.- New Onset of Painless Jaundice.- Bright Red Blood per Rectum.- Right Lower Quadrant Abdominal Pain.- Pencil-Thin Stools and Intermittent Constipation.- Chronic Constipation Presenting With Severe Abdominal Pain.- Left Lower Quadrant Pain and Fever.- Fatigue and Bloody Diarrhea.- Neck Pain and Extremity Weakness Following Trauma.- Loss of Consciousness Following Head Trauma.- Multiple Extremity Injuries After Motorcycle Accident.- Immediate Swelling After Trauma to the Knee.- Adolescent Male With Right Groin Pain and Limp.- Chronic Right Hand Pain.- Full-Term Male Infant With Respiratory Distress.- Infant With Bilious Emesis.- Infant With Nonbilious Emesis.- Infant Born With Abdominal Wall Defect.- Excessive Drooling in a Newborn.- Postoperative Bleeding.- Postoperative Decreased Urine Output.- Shortness of Breath Five Days After Surgery.- Abdominal Pain Following Motor Vehicle Collision.- Penetrating Abdominal Trauma.- Pedestrian Struck By Motor Vehicle.- Gunshot Wound to the Left Neck.- Stab Wound to the Chest.- Burns to the Face, Trunk, and Extremities.- Severe Right Leg Pain After Tibia Fracture.- Bloody Emesis.- Severe Epigastric AbdominalPain.- Weight Loss and Early Satiety.- Chest Pain After Vomiting.- Scrotal Pain.- Scrotal Mass.- Blood in Urine.- Transient Loss of Vision in the Right Eye.- Right Calf Pain With Walking.- Sudden Onset of Severe Left-Sided Abdominal Pain.- Cold, Painful Right Lower Extremity.