Non-Traumatic Acute Surgical Problems
An Infographic Guide
- 1st Edition - September 16, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Constantine P. Spanos
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 8 3 3 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 8 3 4 - 2
Non-Traumatic Acute Surgical Problems: An Infographic Guide is curated to offer a comprehensive understanding of acute surgical challenges, excluding trauma. Tailored specif… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNon-Traumatic Acute Surgical Problems: An Infographic Guide is curated to offer a comprehensive understanding of acute surgical challenges, excluding trauma. Tailored specifically for medical students navigating their surgical rotations and seasoned instructors in the field, this guide serves as an indispensable resource. Each chapter serves as a path through the intricacies of acute surgical conditions with clarity and depth. Contents provide insight into the complexities of acute cholecystopathy, appendicitis, and acute pancreatitis, providing invaluable insights into diagnosis and sophisticated management strategies. This book navigates through the labyrinth of gastrointestinal bleeding scenarios, encompassing upper, lower, and variceal bleeding, as well as formidable challenges like caustic ingestion and esophageal perforation. Contents further cover vascular emergencies, unraveling the mysteries of aortic dissection, peripheral arterial embolism, and hypercoagulability, while mastering essential principles for timely and effective intervention. Coverage includes the subtleties of urological emergencies such as renal colic, pyelonephritis, and testicular torsion, alongside gynecological conditions including ectopic pregnancy and pelvic inflammatory disease.
With a wealth of information, thoughtfully structured in an accessible format, this book not only empowers but emboldens its readers. Equipped with knowledge, insight, and confidence, individuals traversing the realm of acute surgical problems are fortified to navigate the challenges of real-world clinical settings with unwavering competence and assurance.
With a wealth of information, thoughtfully structured in an accessible format, this book not only empowers but emboldens its readers. Equipped with knowledge, insight, and confidence, individuals traversing the realm of acute surgical problems are fortified to navigate the challenges of real-world clinical settings with unwavering competence and assurance.
- Serves as a definitive resource, providing a comprehensive guide to acute surgical problems, incorporating up-to-date diagnostic modalities, staging and classification systems, and therapeutic approaches
- Features engaging infographics that utilize basic illustrations, color-coded symbols, and concise text, making complex information easily understandable for readers
- Each topic is efficiently covered through 1–3 infographic illustrations, allowing readers to grasp key information without the need for extensive text or complicated algorithms
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Biography
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Preoperative labs and tests
- Chapter 2. Preoperative cardiac evaluation
- Chapter 3. Preoperative pulmonary evaluation
- Chapter 4. The ABCs of medical imaging
- Chapter 5. Appendicitis
- Chapter 6. Acute cholecystopathy
- Chapter 7. Acute pancreatitis
- Chapter 8. Acute diverticulitis
- Chapter 9. Anorectal abscess
- Fournier’s gangrene
- Chapter 10. Clostridioides difficile colitis
- Chapter 11. Infectious colitis
- Chapter 12. Small bowel obstruction
- Chapter 13. Large bowel obstruction (LBO)
- Chapter 14. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
- Chapter 15. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
- Chapter 16. Variceal bleeding
- Chapter 17. Gastroduodenal perforation
- Chapter 18. Caustic ingestion
- Chapter 19. Esophageal perforation
- Chapter 20. Neutropenic enterocolitis
- Chapter 21. Anal disease in neutropenic patients
- Chapter 22. Acute mesenteric ischemia
- Ischemic colitis
- Chapter 23. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Chapter 24. Aortic dissection
- Chapter 25. Peripheral arterial embolism
- Chapter 26. Hypercoagulability
- Chapter 27. Bleeding disorders
- Chapter 28. Renal colic
- Chapter 29. Pyelonephritis
- Chapter 30. Hematuria
- Chapter 31. Urinary retention
- Chapter 32. Acute scrotal emergencies
- Chapter 33. Ovarian–adnexal torsion
- Chapter 34. Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Chapter 35. Tubo-ovarian abscess
- Chapter 36. Spontaneous abortion
- Chapter 37. Postabortion endometritis
- Chapter 38. Ectopic pregnancy
- Chapter 39. Ruptured ectopic pregnancy
- Chapter 40. Esophageal atresia
- Meconium ileus
- Hirschprung’s disease
- Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
- Intussusception
- Malrotation and midgut volvulus
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 16, 2024
- No. of pages (Paperback): 212
- No. of pages (eBook): 200
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443338335
- eBook ISBN: 9780443338342
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Constantine P. Spanos
Constantine P. Spanos is a Professor of Surgery at the Aristotelian University in Thessaloniki, Greece. He obtained his MD from the Aristotle University School of Medicine in 1992. After an internship year at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, he trained in General Surgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He subsequently pursued fellowship training in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the American College of Thessaloniki. He is currently certified (and recertified) by both the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
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Professor of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GreeceRead Non-Traumatic Acute Surgical Problems on ScienceDirect