Learning Surgery

A symptom-based spin-off of the critically acclaimed Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence, LEARNING SURGERY provides 3rd and 4th year medical students with an essential reference. The text includes algorithms and case presentations which meet the clerkship learning objectives as outlined by the Association of Surgical Education in their ASE Manual. Written by leading clinicians and educators, both surgery residents and medical students will find LEARNING SURGERY indispensible in their rotations and clerkships.

An essential reference for the surgery clerkship, Learning Surgery is organized by symptoms and includes algorithms, case presentations, and evidence-based tables that aid in the evaluation and diagnosis of surgical diseases Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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to Clinical Surgery in the Surgical Clerkship Setting.- Perioperative Care of the Surgery Patient.- Practicing Evidence-Based Surgery.- Nutrition Support in the Surgery Patient.- Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders in the Surgery Patient.- Surgical Critical Care.- Principles of Infection: Prevention and Treatment.- Shock.- Surgical Bleeding and Hemostasis.- Bioethical Principles and Clinical Decision Making.- Clerkship Survival Skills: Speed Reading and Successful Examination Strategies.- Management of Surgical Diseases During the Clerkship.- Head and Neck Lesions.- Swallowing Difficulty and Pain.- Hemoptysis, Cough, and Pulmonary Lesions.- Heart Murmurs: Congenital Heart Disease.- Heart Murmurs: Acquired Heart Disease.- Acute and Chronic Chest Pain.- Stroke.- Surgical Hypertension.- Breast Disease.- Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- Abdominal Pain.- Abdominal Masses: Solid Organs and Gastrointestinal.- Abdominal Masses: Vascular.- Jaundice.- Colon and Rectum.- Perianal Complaints.- Groin Hernias and Masses, and Abdominal Hernias.- The Ischemic Lower Extremity.- The Swollen Leg.- Skin and Soft Tissues.- Trauma Fundamentals.- Evaluation and Management of Traumatic Brain Injury.- Musculoskeletal Injuries.- Burns.- Principles of Perioperative Care of the Pediatric Surgical Patient.- Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction.- Lower Urinary Tract Disorders.- Evaluation of Flank Pain.- Scrotal Disorders.- Transplantation of the Kidney.- Transplantation of the Pancreas.- Transplantation of the Liver.