The Washington manual surgery survival guide. / [edited by] Jeremy Goodman, Nirmal K. Veeramchaneni, Emily R. Winslow.
Material type: TextSeries: Washington manual survival guide seriesPublisher: Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003Description: xvii, 321 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780781743686; 0781743680Subject(s): Surgery -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Surgery -- Study and teaching (Residency) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Residency (Medicine) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Surgical Procedures, Minor -- methods | Internship and residency -- HandbooksDDC classification: 617 LOC classification: RD37.G66Online resources: Publisher descriptionItem type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY nursing | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY | RD37.G66 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | KSN/1251/198/23 | |
Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY nursing | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY | RD37.G661 (Browse shelf) | 2 | Available | KSN/1252/199/23 |
Includes index.
Contents: Keys to survival -- Daily routine for the surgery intern: Organizing your day -- Call night -- Talking to families -- Discharges -- Against medical advice -- Expirations -- Resources: Books -- Internet resources -- Perioperative care and conduct: Preoperative cardiac assessment -- Preoperative blood work and imaging -- Bowel prep -- Preoperative diet -- Preoperative antibiotics -- Preoperative holding area -- Consent -- OR conduct -- Postoperative check -- Radiology and vascular studies: Communicating with the radiology department -- Contrast agents -- Neuroradiology -- Chest radiology -- Abdominal and pelvic radiology -- Interventional radiology -- Vascular studies -- Common calls: Common calls: general procedure -- Chest pain -- Confusion, mental status change and agitation -- Constipation -- Diarrhea -- Fever -- Hypotension -- Hypertension -- Low urine output -- Nausea and vomiting -- Shortness of breath -- Tachycardia -- Diet status -- Falls -- Insomnia -- Lost IV access -- Pain -- "Patient doesn't look right" -- Pharmacy questions -- Wound drainage -- Common problems: Breast -- Esophagus and upper GI -- General abdominal surgery -- Herniorrhaphy -- Laparoscopy -- Liver/Pancreas/Gallbladder -- Lower GI -- Neck -- Abdominal observation patients -- Spleen -- Trauma -- Vascular -- Critical care: Crashing patient -- Codes -- Ventilators -- Invasive monitoring -- Medications -- Bleeding -- Nutrition: Common surgical diets -- Estimating nutritional needs -- Tube feeding -- Total parenteral nutrition -- Nothing by mouth (NPO) -- Diabetes -- Tubes and drains: Nasoenteric tubes -- Surgically placed feeding tubes -- Tracheostomy -- Closed suction drain -- Surgical subspecialties: neurosurgery -- Neurosurgery essentials -- Neurosurgery: general approach -- Approach to common problems in neurosurgery -- Surgery subspecialties: orthopedic surgery -- Orthopedic surgery essentials -- Orthopedic surgery: emergencies -- Approach to orthopedic injuries --
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