ABSITE REVIEW QUESTIONS: CLINICAL MANAGEMENT (ABSITE 2014)

ABSITE REVIEW QUESTIONS: CLINICAL MANAGEMENT (ABSITE 2014)

ABSITE REVIEW QUESTIONS: CLINICAL MANAGEMENT (ABSITE 2014)

Are you planning to take the 2014 Absite exam? Do you want to review high yield topics for the clinical management part of the exam? If so, this book is for you. It contains over 300 pages of review. The table of contents are hyperlinked so that you can find and review specific topics easily.

Last updated: 1/6/14

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABDOMINAL WALL
- How to treat rectus sheath hematoma
- How to treat umbilical hernia in patient with ascites

ADRENAL GLANDS
- How to diagnose adrenal cancer (adrenocortical carcinoma)
- How to diagnose pheochromocytoma
- How to treat pheochromocytoma

ANESTHESIA
- How to treat malignant hyperthermia

ANUS
- How to diagnose anal sphincter dysfunction

APPENDIX
- How to treat an appendiceal mucocele
- How to treat pseudomyxoma peritonei of appendiceal origin

BILIARY
- How to diagnose acalculous cholecystitis
- How to treat acalculous cholecystitis
- Clinical decision making laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Indication for intraoperative cholangiogram (IOC)
- How to treat bile duct injuries
- How to treat common bile duct transection (CBD transection)
- How to treat gallstone ileus
- How to treat gallbladder cancer
- How to treat Klatskin tumors
- How to diagnose hemobilia
- How to treat hemobilia

BURNS
- How to calculate total body surface area (TBSA)
- How to calculate fluid resuscitation using the Parkland formula
- Which fluids to use for resuscitation in burn patients
- How to monitor and treat carbon monoxide poisoning
- How to treat hydrofluoric acid burns
- How to recognize the side effect of sulfamylon (mafenide acetate)
- How to treat electrical burns

CHEST WALL
- How to treat osteochondromas
- Which thoracic surgical approach to use in trauma victims

COLON
- What are the complications of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- What are the complications of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)

ELECTROLYTES
- How to treat acute hypercalcemia
- The clinical presentation of hypomagnesemia
- The clinical presentation of hypokalemia
- How to treat hyperkalemia
- The workup of hyponatremia

ESOPHAGUS
- How to diagnose incompetent lower esophageal sphincter (LES)
- How to treat Schatzkiâ€™s ring
- How to treat esophageal strictures
- How to treat bleeding esophageal varices

GALLBLADDER AND BILIARY TREE
- The clinical presentation of biliary colic
- How to treat biliary colic
- Surgical indication for cholecystectomy
- How to treat adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder
- The clinical presentation of cholangitis
- How to treat adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder

HEART
- How to treat hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)
- How to treat critical aortic stenosis in a neonate
- How to perform the Ross procedure
- How to treat coarctation of the aorta (COA)
- How to treat total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC)
- Surgical indication for mitral insufficiency repair

LIVER
- How to diagnose portal hypertension
- How to diagnose Budd-Chiari syndrome
- How to treat Budd-Chiari syndrome
- How to treat hepatic cysts
- How to treat hepatic adenomas
- How to treat hepatocellular carcinoma
- How to perform the Pringle maneuver
- How to diagnose focal nodular hyperplasia
- How to manage focal nodular hyperplasia
- How to treat hepatic hemangiomas
- How to diagnose an amebic liver abscess
- How to treat an amebic liver abscess
- How to treat hydatid cysts (echinococcal cysts)
- How to treat ascites due to cirrhosis
- How to diagnose obstructive jaundice
- How to treat polycystic liver disease
- How to screen for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
- How to stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
- How to calculate the Child-Pugh score
- How to measure hepatic reserve prior to major liver resection

LUNGS
- Which pulmonary infections require surgical intervention

And more...
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-01-17
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-01-17
Format	Kindle eBook

ABSITE REVIEW QUESTIONS: CLINICAL MANAGEMENT (ABSITE 2014)

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