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On Call Surgery

On Call Series

  • 4th Edition - April 6, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Gregg A. Adams, Stephen D. Bresnick, Jared Forrester, Graeme Rosenberg
  • Language: English

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 co… Read more

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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

Readership

Medical Students, Residents

Table of contents

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

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 2, 2019
  • Language: English

About the authors

GA

Gregg A. Adams

Affiliations and expertise
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, USA

SB

Stephen D. Bresnick

Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

JF

Jared Forrester

Affiliations and expertise
Resident in Surgery, General Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

GR

Graeme Rosenberg

Resident in Surgery, General Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California