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Essentials of general surgery and surgical specialties / senior editor, Peter F. Lawrence ; editors, Jessica Beth O'Connell, Matthew R. Smeds.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, 2019Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xv, 747 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781975106652
  • 1975106652
  • 1496351045
Other title:
  • Essentials of general surgery
Uniform titles:
  • Essentials of general surgery.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 617 E.S.S.
Online resources:
Contents:
Perioperative evaluation and management of surgical patients -- Fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance -- Surgical nutrition -- Surgical bleeding: bleeding disorders, hypercoagulable states, and replacement therapy in the surgical patient -- Surgical shock -- Surgical critical care -- Wounds and wound healing -- Surgical infection -- Trauma -- Burns -- Abdominal wall, including hernia -- Esophagus -- Stomach and duodenum -- Small intestine and appendix -- Colon, rectum, and anus -- Biliary tract -- Pancreas -- Breast -- Surgical endocrinology -- Liver and spleen -- Transplantation -- Surgical oncology: malignant diseases of the skin and soft tissue -- Pediatric surgery: surgical diseases of children -- Plastic surgery: diseases of the skin and soft tissue, face, and hand -- Cardiothoracic surgery: diseases of the heart, great vessels, and thoracic cavity -- Diseases of the vascular system -- Otolaryngology: diseases of the head and neck -- Orthopedic surgery: diseases of the musculoskeletal system -- Urology: diseases of the genitourinary system -- Neurosurgery: diseases of the nervous system.
Summary: "Focused on the information all medical students need to know to pass the NBME surgery shelf or other rotation examinations, this Sixth Edition of Lawrence's popular Essentials of General Surgery offers concise, high-yield content and a smaller format ideal for study on the go. Updated to reflect the latest advances in the field, this edition provides the authoritative, up-to-date content today's busy medical students need for exam success. Includes general surgery and surgical specialties all in one volume Offers authoritative information by leading surgery educators Provides five in-book practice questions per chapter, with additional questions online Focuses on high-yield information for quick reference Offers an enhanced array of online resources, including a question bank, case studies, and outlines for students and oral exam questions and an image bank for instructors Enrich Your eBook Reading Experience with Enhanced Video, Audio and Interactive Capabilities Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech Adapt for unique reading needs, supporting learning disabilities, visual/auditory impairments, second-language or literacy challenges, and more"--Provided by publisher.
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Preceded by Essentials of general surgery / senior editor, Peter F. Lawrence. c2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perioperative evaluation and management of surgical
patients -- Fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance --
Surgical nutrition -- Surgical bleeding: bleeding
disorders, hypercoagulable states, and replacement therapy
in the surgical patient -- Surgical shock -- Surgical
critical care -- Wounds and wound healing -- Surgical
infection -- Trauma -- Burns -- Abdominal wall, including
hernia -- Esophagus -- Stomach and duodenum -- Small
intestine and appendix -- Colon, rectum, and anus --
Biliary tract -- Pancreas -- Breast -- Surgical
endocrinology -- Liver and spleen -- Transplantation --
Surgical oncology: malignant diseases of the skin and soft
tissue -- Pediatric surgery: surgical diseases of children
-- Plastic surgery: diseases of the skin and soft tissue,
face, and hand -- Cardiothoracic surgery: diseases of the
heart, great vessels, and thoracic cavity -- Diseases of
the vascular system -- Otolaryngology: diseases of the
head and neck -- Orthopedic surgery: diseases of the
musculoskeletal system -- Urology: diseases of the
genitourinary system -- Neurosurgery: diseases of the nervous system.

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"Focused on the information all medical students need to
know to pass the NBME surgery shelf or other rotation
examinations, this Sixth Edition of Lawrence's popular
Essentials of General Surgery offers concise, high-yield
content and a smaller format ideal for study on the go.
Updated to reflect the latest advances in the field, this
edition provides the authoritative, up-to-date content
today's busy medical students need for exam success.
Includes general surgery and surgical specialties all in
one volume Offers authoritative information by leading
surgery educators Provides five in-book practice questions
per chapter, with additional questions online Focuses on
high-yield information for quick reference Offers an
enhanced array of online resources, including a question
bank, case studies, and outlines for students and oral
exam questions and an image bank for instructors Enrich
Your eBook Reading Experience with Enhanced Video, Audio
and Interactive Capabilities Read directly on your
preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or
smartphone Easily convert to audiobook, powering your
content with natural language text-to-speech Adapt for
unique reading needs, supporting learning disabilities,
visual/auditory impairments, second-language or literacy
challenges, and more"--Provided by publisher.

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