F.A. Davis Company

Clerkship advantage can be yours. Each title in this new series packs all the information for a core clerkship rotation into just 320 pocket-sized pages. An outline format with hundreds of review questions, full-color illustrations, sidebars, and appendices helps you find the information you need to know to survive the rotation, excel on the shelf exam, and succeed on the USMLE Step 2 exam.

• Bonus CD with more than 400 shelf exam-style questions and answers.
• Content based on ACS guidelines.
• State-of-the-art Mentor Tips convey key facts and put details into perspective through the eyes of experienced surgeons.
• Mentoring style helps students understand the way that medical and surgical interventions complement each other.
• Coverage of the basics of the operating room, surgical instruments, and the typical day on the surgical service.

I. The Basics

1. Introduction to the Surgical Service

2. Instruments and Sutures

3. Fluids and Electrolytes

4. Surgical Nutrition

5. Minimally Invasive Surgery

II. Emergencies

6. Shock

7. Trauma Evaluation and Resuscitation

8. Burns

9. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

III. Core Topics

10. Breast

11. Thyroid and Parathyroids

12. Acute Abdomen and Appendicitis

13. Stomach and Duodenum

14. Hepatobiliary System

15. Spleen

16. Pancreas

17. Small Bowel

18. Colon

19. Anorectum

20. Hernias

21. Aneurysmal Disease

22. Peripheral Vascular Occlusive Disease

23. Cerebrovascular Disease

Appendices

A. Answers to Self-Test Questions

B. Abbreviations Used in this Book

C. Key Contacts and Notes

Index