On Call Surgery: On Call Series (4th Edition)

Description

Ideal for any on-call professional, resident, or medical student, this best-selling reference by Drs. Gregg A. Adams, Stephen D. Bresnick, Jared Forrester, and Graeme Rosenberg covers the common problems you’ll encounter while on call without direct supervision in the hospital. On Call Surgery, 4th Edition, fits perfectly in your pocket, ready to provide key information in time-sensitive, challenging situations. You’ll gain speed, skill, and knowledge with every call – from diagnosing a difficult or life-threatening situation to prescribing the right medication.

Key Features

• 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.

New to this Edition

• 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.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Approach to On-Call Surgical Problems
3. Special Considerations for Surgical Patients
4. Documentation of On-Call Problems
5. On-Call Hazards
6. Patient-related Problems: The common calls
   1. Abdominal Pain
   2. Bowel Function – Constipation and Diarrhea
   3. Chest Pain
   4. Drug Reactions
   5. Dysrhythmias
   6. Falls 11. Fever
   7. Fluids, Electrolytes and Acid-base Status
   8. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
   9. Glucose Management and Surgical Nutrition
   10. Headache
   11. Hypertension
   12. Hypotension and Shock
   13. Insomnia
   14. Intravenous Access
   15. Leg Pain
   16. Mental Status Changes
   17. Nausea and Vomiting
   18. Pain Management
   19. Preoperative Preparation
   20. Pronouncing Death
   21. Postoperative Bleeding
   22. Seizures
   23. Shortness of Breath
   24. Syncope
   25. Trauma
   26. Tubes and Drains
   27. Ultrasound at the bedside
   28. Urine Output Changes
   29. Wounds and Surgical Site Infections
7. Appendices
8. A. Adult Emergency Cardiac Care Algorithms
9. B. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Drugs and Electrical Therapy
10. C. Reading X-rays, Reading EKGs
11. D. Outlines of Common Surgical Notes
12. E. Antibiotic Standard Doses and Indications for Patients with Normal Renal Function
13. F. Proprietary Names of Common Medications
14. G. On-Call Formulae

Authors Biography

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