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Surgery—On Call: Day-to-Day Surgical Care
Sunil Ravinder Paul K
1:
SURGICAL PRACTICE– WORDS OF WISDOM
2:
FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES
FLUIDS
Crystalloids
Colloids
Selection of fluids
Calculation of Fluid Infusion
For Routine IV Set
For Micro Drip IV Set
Increase Fluids in
Decrease Fluids in
Rescuscitation and Monitoring
Normal daily requirement of an afebrile patient on IV fluids alone is:
ELECTROLYTES
Normal values in Plasma
POTASSIUM (K+) DEFICIENCY
Etiologies
Clinical Features
Potassium deficit, with normal plasma pH
Treatment Guidelines
Precautions before initiating potassium supplements
SODIUM (NA+) DEFICIENCY
Clinical Features
Treatment
Goal of Therapy
Treatment Guidelines
METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
Clinical Features
Diagnosis
Treatment (Choices include)
LACTIC ACIDOSIS
Etiologies
Treatment
Rationale for selection of the IV fluids in the treatment of hypotension and shock
3:
NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
I. ORAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
II. ENTERAL NUTRITION (ENTERAL TUBE FEEDING)
Advantages of Enteral Nutrition (EN)
Composition of feed
Guidelines for enteral tube feeding
Indications for enteral tube feeding
Contraindications for enteral tube feeding
Complications of enteral tube feeding
III. PARENTERAL NUTRITION (PN)
Nutritional support (Summary)
4:
ANESTHESIA
4.1 LOCAL INFILTRATION ANALGESIA
Checklist / Important features of LA
Indications
Preparation
Equipment
Procedure
Tips to prevent Accidental IV Injection / Toxicity
Wait for 2 min to 5 min (to 15 min) for the LA to act
For Inadequate analgesia
Toxicity of LA's
Symptoms and signs
Treatment (General and Specific Measures)
Treatment
4.2 TOPICAL ANESTHESIA
4.3 PERIPHERAL REGIONAL BLOCKS
Scalp Block
Digital Block (fingers & toes)
Penile Block
Inquinal Hernia Block
Subdermal Infiltration
Intradermal injection (making of the skin wheal)
Deep Subcutaneous injection
Subaponeurotic Injection
Pudendal Nerve Block
Transperineal approach
Trans Vaginal method
4.4 CONSCIOUS SEDATION
Advantages
Disadvantages
Monitoring
Drugs for Conscious Sedation (Adults)
Key Points for Clinical Practice
5:
ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS
6:
PRE-OPERATIVE CARE
7:
POST-OPERATIVE CARE
8:
SUTURES
9:
NEEDLES, SCALPEL BLADES AND TUBES
10:
STAPLERS
11:
LASERS
12:
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
13:
LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY (MAS), KEY HOLE SURGERY
14:
SHOCK
14.1 DEFINITIONS
Bacteraemia
Septicaemia
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
Pathophysiology of SIRS
Sepsis
Severe Sepsis (also called septic syndrome)
Hypotension
Septic shock
Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)
Relationship Between SIRS, Sepsis and OrganFailure
14.2 ETIOLOGIES AND CLINICAL FEATURES
Check list / important features
Definition
Pathophysiologic Classification of Shock
Clinical Features
REFRACTORY SHOCK / UNRESPONSIVE SHOCK
Etiologies
Complications of shock
Clinical Features of Compensated and Decompensated Shock
Approach to the patient with shock
Treatment of shock
Summary of treatment of shock
14.3. HAEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
Hemodynamic features of Blood Loss (Clinical assessment of hypovolemia in adult (70 Kg. weight)
14.4 SEPTIC SHOCK
Etiologies
Common surgical causes of septic shock
Diagnosis
Treatment
Antibiotics
IV Fluids
Vasopressors
Oxygen
Sodium bicarbonate
Identify the source of infection and control it
Steroids
Blood products
Glucose Control
Nutritional support
Ventillatory support
Renal Replacement
14.5 MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME (MODS)
Pathophysiology of MODS
Two HIT theory of Development of MODS
Risk factors for sirs / MODS
Diagnostic criteria for significant organ dysfunction
Management of MODS
14.6 ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK
Etiopathogenesis
Symptoms and signs
Treatment
15:
TRAUMA
15.1 WOUNDS AND WOUND HEALING
Classification of acute wounds (Synopsis)
Principal steps in the management of an acute wound
Wound Healing
Pathophysiology of Wound Healing
Bite wounds
Note:
Puncture wounds
Nail Puncture wounds
Greased wounds
Injection wounds
Gunshot wounds
Contaminated Wounds
Wounds > 6hrs
Stab Wounds/Wounds impacted with knife, foreign body, etc.
Definitions
Management
Debridement
Wound Dressings
Summary of suggested dressings (choices include)
Solutions used in wound cleaning
15.2 FOREIGN BODIES
Types
Management
15.3 POLY TRAUMA
Check-list / important features
A. Primary Survey
B. Resuscitation
C. Secondary Survey
D. Definitive Care / Transfer
15.4 DAMAGE CONTROL SURGERY IN MAJOR TRAUMA
Lethal trauma triad
Principles of damage control surgery:
Complications of Damage Control Surgery
A. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (ACS)
Management
Key Points for Clinical Practice
B. Other General Complications
15.5 HEAD INJURIES
Check-List / Important Features
GLASGOW COMA SCALE (GCS) (Eye, Verbal, Motor)
Investigations
Skull X-Rays
CT Scan
Indications for CT Scan / Neurosurgical referral are:
Management
Pain relief:
Anticonvulsants:
Mannitol:
Fluids:
Adequate Oxygenation:
Ventilation:
Prognostic indicators of head injury
Prevention
15.6 THORACIC TRAUMA
DURING THE PRIMARY SURVEY
Open injuries
Blunt injuries
Emergency Measures
Thoracotomy
1. Airway obstruction
2. Tension Pneumothorax
3. Open pneumothorax (‘Sucking chest wound’)
4. Massive haemothorax
5. Flail chest
Treatment
6. Cardiac tamponade
Treatment
1. Pulmonary contusion
Treatment
2. Myocardial contusion
3. Aortic rupture
4. Diaphragmatic rupture
5. Tracheobronchial tree injuries
6. Esophageal disruption
7. Subcutaneous emphysema
8. Rib and scapular fractures
Investigations
Treatment (Choices include)
15.7 ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
Check-List / Important Features
Objectives of patient examination
Self questionnaire after examination
Answer the following 5 questions
Investigations (Choices include)
Complete blood picture
Abdomen X-rays
Chest X-rays (erect AP view)
Pelvic X-rays
Cervical Spine X-rays
Serum amylase
Urine microscopy
Ultrasound (US)
CT Scan (Helical)
4 Quadrant tapping
Diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL)
Laparoscopy / Laparotory
APPROACH TO PATIENT WITH ABDOMINAL INJURY
I. Blunt abdominal trauma
II. Abdominal Stab Wounds / Penetrating Trauma
III. Pelvic fractures and associated injuries
Indications for Laparotomy / Laparoscopy in abdominal trauma
15.8 GENITO–URINARY TRAUMA
Check-List / Important Features
Renal injury
Management:
Bladder Injury
Diagnosis:
Management:
Hematuria
Urethral injury
Penile injuries (Fractures)
Testicular injuries
15.9 VASCULAR INJURIES
Check-List / Important Features
Principles of Management
Indications for surgery
Investigations
Treatment
15.10 COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
Etiologies
Clinical features
Diagnosis
Treatment
(a) Forearm:
(b) Leg:
15.11 TENDON INJURIES
Check-List / Important Features
Repair of Patellar (Quadriceps) Tendon
Repair of Achilles Tendon
Repair of Small Tendons of Hand
16:
BURNS
17:
SKIN GRAFTING
18:
INFECTIONS
18.1 HAND INFECTIONS
Principles of Management
Analgesics:
Antibiotics:
Tetanus booster or vaccination:
Elevation:
Anaesthesia:
Tourniquet:
Incision:
Dressings:
When there is continued pus discharge:
Physiotherapy:
PARONYCHIA
FELON (Pulp space infections of finger tip)
APICAL SPACE ABSCESS OF FINGER
WEB SPACE INFECTION
DEEP PALMAR ABSCESS
TENOSYNOVITIS
OSTEOMYELITIS
TUBERCULOSIS (swimming pool granuloma)
INFECTIONS IN DRUG ADDICTS
HERPETIC WHITLOW
PYOGENIC GRANULOMA (acquired hemangioma)
18.2 DIABETIC FOOT
Anatomy
Pathophysiology
Definitions
Microbiology
Clinical manifestations
Investigations (choice include)
Treatment
Duration of stay and antibiotic therapy
Prevention of Diabetic Feet and Foot Care Advice
18.3 ABSCESSES
Check list/important features
PAROTID ABSCESS
LUDWIG'S ANGINA
NECK ABSCESS
PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS (Quinsy)
RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS
AXILLARY ABSCESS
BREAST ABSCESS
INTRA-ABDOMINAL ABSCESS
Etiologies
Clinical Features
Investigations
X-rays:
Ultrasound:
CT scan:
Aspiration:
Treatment
Percutaneous drainage
Surgery
Antibiotics
SUBDIAPHRAGMATIC ABSCESS
LIVER ABSCESS
Etiologies
When to suspect a liver abscess?
Investigations
Treatment of amoebic liver abscess
Treatment of pyogenic liver abscess
Treatment of fungal liver abscess
PSOAS ABSCESS
Etiologies
Psoas spasm
Investigations
Treatment
PELVIC ABSCESS
Investigations (choices include)
Treatment (choices include)
PILONIDAL ABSCESS/DISEASE
Treatment of abscess
ANORECTAL ABSCESS
Rationale of pus culture and sensitivity
Detection of fistulous connection
POPLITEAL ABSCESS
INJECTION ABSCESS
TROPICAL PYOMYOSITIS
COLD ABSCESS (TUBERCULOUS ABSCESS)
Suspect a cold abscess if:
Investigations: (Select according to the case)
Treatment
18.4 CELLULITIS, GAS GANGRENE, NECROTISING FASCIITIS
Check-list/Important Features
CELLULITIS
Definition
Microbiology
Clinical manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Antibiotics
Limb elevation
CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULITIS
GAS GANGRENE (CLOSTRIDIAL MYONECROSIS)
STREPTOCOCCAL GANGRENE
STREPTOCOCCAL MYONECROSIS
NECROTISING FASCIITIS
Microbiology
Clinical manifestations
Treatment (Choices include)
Antibiotics
Debridement
Appropriate systemic therapy
Skin grafting
Amputation
In necrotising infections of the perineum
NECROTISING SYNERGISTIC GANGRENE
18.5 TYPHOID
Transmission and Pathology
Complications
Diagnosis (Remember BASU)
Treatment
Antimicrobial therapy
Diet
Surgery
Prognosis
Prophylaxis
18.6 ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS
Sources and routes of abdominal infection
Gross pathological types of tuberculosis
Common presentations of gastrointestinal tuberculosis
Investigations
First line TB Drugs (adults)
Second Line TB Drugs
Treatment
Surgery in Abdominal tuberculosis
Key points for clinical practice
18.7 WORMS & PARASITES
ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES (ROUND WORM)
Investigations
Management
ANKYLOSTOMA DUODENALE (HOOK WORM)
STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS
ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS (PIN WORM)
TRICHURIS TRICHIURA (WHIP WORM)
WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI (FILARIASIS)
TAENIA SAGINATA (BEEF TAPE WORM)
TAENIA SOLIUM (PORK TAPE WORM)
DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS (GUINEA WORM)
HYDATID DISEASE
Investigations
Treatment
18.8 HIV (AIDS)
Window Period
Mode of transmission of HIV
Suspect HIV infection if there is :
Body fluids to which universal precautions Do and Do Not apply:
Universal precaution(s)
Diagnosis
Antiviral (AIDS) Drugs
HIV Infection (CDC Classification)
19:
VASCULAR DISEASE
19.1 ACUTE LOWER LIMB ISCHEMIA
Etiologies
Pathophysiology
Clinical features of acute occlusion in a limb (Remember the 6P's)
General Management
Morphine or Pethidine
Heparin IV
Oral anticoagulant
Investigations (Select according to the case)
Treatment of Embolism (Choices include)
Urgent embolectomy
Thrombolytic therapy
Heparin therapy
Fasciotomy
Amputation
Treatment of Thrombosis (Choices include)
Percutaneous thrombolysis (Intra Arterial Thrombolysis, IAT):
Heparin therapy alone
Oral anticoagulants
19.2 CHRONIC LOWER LIMB ISCHEMIA
Etiologies
Clinical Features
Differential diagnosis of intermittent claudication
Spinal claudication
Venous claudication
Assessment
History
Clinical examination
Investigations
Treatment of Claudication (Choices include)
Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia (Choices include) (Rest Pain/ Ulceration/ Gangrene)
Expectation of gangrene following ligation of artery after injury or embolism is:
ACUTE LOWER LIMB ISCHAEMIA
19.3 VARICOSE VEINS (VV)
Etiologies
Clinical Features
Investigations
Treatment
Conservative
Sclerotherapy
Surgery
Recent advances: Subfascial endoscopic venous surgery (SEPS)
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
Endovenous Laser (EVL)
Complications of Varicose vein surgery
VARICOSE VEIN LEG ULCERATION
Investigations
Differential Diagnosis
Treatment
Compression Treatment
Elevation
Exercise
Wound and skin care
Topical treatment
Drugs
Surgery
19.4 VENOUS THROMBO EMBOLISM (VTE) DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT)
Definitions
Risk factors
Clinical manifestations
Physical exam
Investigations / Diagnosis
Treatment of VTE (Choices include)
Indications
Unfractionated Heparin (UFH)
Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH)
Oral anticoagulants
Duration
PROPHYLAXIS (Choice include)
20:
LEG ULCER(S)
21:
AMPUTATION
22:
GASTROENTEROLOGY
22.1 ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN (APPROACH TO ADULTS)
Checklist / Important Features
Pathophysiology
Pain Questionnaire
Duration
Causes of acute abdomen suggested by onset, character and location of pain
Shock with severe abdominal pain
Abdominal pain where surgery is rewarding
Conditions in which serum amylase is high
Simplified scheme for diagnosis of acute abdomen
Differential diagnosis of acute abdomen
Self questionnaire for better diagnosis
Investigations: (Select according to the case)
Basic Pre-Op Management
ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN (APPROACH TO CHILDREN)
Check-list/Important Features
Etiologies
Investigations (Choices include)
Dictum in Children
22.2 CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN IN ADULTS
Check-list/Important features
Etiologies
Investigations (Select according to the case)
22.3 CHRONIC (RECURRENT) ABDOMINAL PAIN IN CHILDREN (RAP)
Features of Recurrent Abdominal Pain (RAP)
Features of Organic Cause of Pain
Organic Disorders Causing Recurrent Abdominal Pain
Gastro-intestinal
Genito-urinary
Dietary
Management
Investigations
Phase I
Phase II (choices include)
22.4 INTRA-ABDOMINAL CANCER PAIN
Checklist / Important features
Primary site of cancer may be in
Investigations (choices include)
22.5 APPENDICITIS
Differentiation of acute appendicitis from non-specific / non-surgical abdominal pain (NSAP)
Scoring
Diagnosis
Clinical
Differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Surgical causes
Urological causes
Gynaecological causes
Medical causes
Conditions mimicking acute appendicitis like
Intraperitoneal Causes
Extraperitoneal Causes
Treatment
22.6 PERITONITIS
Check-list / Important Features
The physiological disturbance
Etiologies
Investigations: (Choices include)
Management of Secondary Peritonitis
Drip
Nasogastric suction
Catheterization
Antibiotics
Surgery
Management of other Peritonitis
22.7 INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
Check-list / Important Features
Physiological disturbance in intestinal obstruction
Etiologies
How to distinguish simple and strangulating obstruction:
Some important features of site of obstruction:
Investigations
Small bowel obstruction
Large bowel obstruction
Self-Questionnaire
Management
Drip
Nasogastic suction
Catheterization
Antibiotics
Surgery
Early surgery is indicated in
Aim of surgery is to
Contraindications for surgery
LARGE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
Etiologies
Symptoms
Signs
Investigations
Key points for clinical practice
ADHESIONS
Abdominal adhesion-related clinical problems
Causes of peritoneal injury and adhesion formation
Management of Adhesion-related clinical conditions
Prevention of Adhesive Intestinal Obstruction
Key points for clinical practice
22.8 PARALYTIC ILEUS
Etiologies
Post-operative paralytic ileus
Symptoms and signs
Investigations
Treatment
Prevention of Paralytic ileus
22.9 PANCREATITIS
Etiologies
Terminology and definitions
Mild pancreatitis
Severe pancreatitis
Acute fluid collections
Pseudocyst
Pancreatic necrosis
Pancreatic abscess
Diagnosis
Serum amylase
Serum lipase
Chest and Abdominal X-rays
Ultrasound
CT Scan
CT Grading of severity based on Balthazar et al and associated outcomes
Factors associated with increased risk of death in acute pancreatitis
Investigations
First Line investigations
Second Line investigations
Third Line investigations
Treatment
Conservative
Endoscopic procedures
Surgery in acute pancreatitis (indications)
Complications of Pancreatitis
Early
Late
Key points for clinical practice
22.10 BILIARY TRACT DISEASE
CHOLELITHIASIS (“GALLSTONES”)
Pathogenesis
Types of gallstones
Clinical manifestations
Diagnostic studies
Treatment
Complications
CHOLECYSTITIS
Definition
Pathogenesis
Clinical manifestations
Diagnositc studies
Treatment
Complications
CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS
Definition
Epidemiology
Clinical manifestations
Diagnostic studies
Treatment
Complications
CHOLANGITIS
Definition
Etiologies
Clinical manifestations
Diagnostic studies
Treatment
22.11 DIVERTICULAR DISEASE
DIVERTICULOSIS
Definition and Pathology
Epidemiology
Clinical manifestations
DIVERTICULITIS
Pathophysiology
Clinical manifestations
Diagnostic studies
Treatment
22.12 INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD)
ULCERATIVE COLITIS
Epidemiology
Pathology
Clinical manifestations
Complications
Prognosis
CROHN'S DISEASE
Epidemiology
Pathology
Clinical manifestations
Complications
Treatment
Acute Flare Treatment
Maintenance of Remission
Indications for surgery
22.13 MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA
SMALL BOWEL
Etiologies
Clinical manifestations
Physical Exam
Diagnostic studies
Treatment
Prognosis
ISCHEMIC COLITIS
Definition and pathophysiology
Clinical manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
22.14 DYSPHAGIA
Alarm symptoms that suggest organic cause and warrants investigation:
Etiologies
Investigations
22.15 OESOPHAGITIS
Etiologies
Acute
Chronic
Symptoms / Signs
Diagnosis
Treatment
Oesophagitis following swallowing of acid or alkali
Candidial Oesophagitis
Herpes Oesophagitis
Peptic Ulcer Oesophagitis
Reflux Oesophagitis
22.16 DYSPEPSIA (INDIGESTION)
Definition
Dyspepsia symptom subgroups
Etiologies
Alarm symptoms that suggest organic cause and warrant Endoscopy:
Investigations
Endoscopy
Ultrasound
Stool examination
Proctoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, etc.
Treatment
22.17 GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD)
Natural History
Pathophysiology
Clinical manifestations
Complications
Diagnostic tests
Treatment
22.18 GASTROPATHY AND GASTRITIS
ACUTE GASTROPATHY
Etiologies
Clinical manifestations
CHRONIC ANTRAL GASTRITIS (“TYPE B”)
Etiology
Clinical manifestations
CHRONIC FUNDAL GASTRITIS (“TYPE A”)
Etiology
Pathogenesis
Clinical manifestations
22.19 DUODENAL AND GASTRIC ULCER
Checklist / Important features
Etiologies
Clinical Manifestations
Diagnostic Studies
Demonstration of Helicobacter pylori
Treatment
22.20 GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
Definition
Etiologies of upper GI bleed (UGIB)
Etiologies of lower GI bleed (LGIB)
Workup
The Modified Forrest classification for UGIB
Risk Stratification
Poor prognostic signs in UGIB
Treatment
Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed (LGIB)
Diagnostic Evaluation
Stigmata of significant haemorrhage (SSH)
ICU Versus Regular Ward
Obscure lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Key Points for clinical practice in
Lower Gastro Intestinal Bleed (LGIB)
Upper Gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB)
Lower Gastrointestinal bleed (LGIB)
22.21 OBSTRUCTIVE (SURGICAL) JAUNDICE
Etiologies
Investigations (Choices include)
Approach to the Patient with Objective Jaundice
Treatment (Choices include)
22.22 ASCITES
Etiologies
Workup
Treatment
Complications
22.23 DIARRHOEA (ACUTE AND CHRONIC)
Definitions
Check-list / Important features
Investigations
Stool Microscopy
Stool Culture and Sensitivity
Proctosigmoidoscopy
Colonoscopy
Laparoscopy/Laparotomy
Treatment
Investigations (Choices include)
Antimicrobials
Antidiarrhoeals
22.24 CONSTIPATION
Check-list / Important features
Definition
Causes and pathophysiology
Physical examination
Investigations
Treatment
Drugs used in constipation
22.25 ANAL FISSURE
Definition
Pathogenesis
Treatment
A. Pharmacological agents
B. Surgery
22.26 HAEMORRHOIDS
Classification
Treatment
Treatment of Strangulated Haemorrhoids (Infarcted Piles)
22.27 FISTULA IN ANO
Diseases associated with anorectal sepsis & etiology
Classification
Goodsalls rule
Investigations
Treatment
22.28 PERIANAL HEMATOMA
22.29 PRURITIS ANI
Etiologies
Investigations (Choices include)
Treatment
23:
GENITOURINARY
23.1 RENAL / URETERIC STONES
Clinical manifestations
Diagnosis
Urine Microscopy
Diagnostic imaging
KUB X-ray
IVP / IVU / excretory pyelography / urography
Spiral CT
Ultrasound (US)
Retrograde pyelography
Other Investigations
Analysis of stone
Etiology of stone information
Differential diagnosis of urolithiasis
Non-renal
Renal
Types of stones
Calcium stones
Non Calcium stones
Treatment
Pain Relief
Hydration
Antibiotics
General recommendations for stone removal
Indications for active stone removal
Management of Stone
Follow up / Further or Repeat investigations
Prevention of recurrence stone formation
23.2 RETENTION OF URINE
Etiologies
Management
23.3 URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI)
Check-list / Important Features
Definitions
Antomic
Clinical
Microbiology of UTI
Clinical manifestations
Symptoms of UTI
Differential Diagnosis of Dysuria & Frequency
Diagnostic studies
Treatment
Prevention of UTI
RECURRENT UTI
Etiologies
Children
Adults
Elderly
Investigations
Treatment
STERILE PYURIA
Etiologies
23.4 HEMATURIA
Checklist / Important Features
Etiologies
Investigations (Choices include)
23.5 TORSION TESTIS
Investigations
Differential diagnosis
24:
GYNAECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
24.1 GYNAECOLOGICAL CAUSES OF ABDOMINAL PAIN
Check-list/Important Features
Some gynaecological conditions presenting with shock
ACUTE SALPINGITIS (PID)
CERVICITIS
TORSION OF OVARIAN CYST
RUPTURED ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
ABORTION (SEPTIC)
INCOMPLETE ABORTION
RUPTURED LUTEAL CYST
MID CYCLE OVULATION (MITTELESCHMERZ SIGN)
URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI)
RETENTION OF URINE
Investigations (Choices include)
24.2 ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN IN PREGNANCY
Surgical Causes
Gynaecological Causes
Special Investigations (Choices include)
25:
BREAST
25.1 BENIGN BREAST DISEASE (BBD) - AND INVESTIGATION
Symptoms
Investigations
25.2 BREAST PAIN–MASTALGIA
Cyclical Mastalgia
Non Cyclical Mastalgia
25.3 BENIGN BREAST LUMPS
Checklists / Important features
Fibroadenoma
Giant fibroadenoma
Phylloides tumor
Cyclical nodularity
Sclerosing adenosis
Fat necrosis
25.4 NIPPLE DISCHARGE
Nipple Discharge
Physiological
Galactorrhoea
Mammary Duct Ectasia/Periductal Mastitis Complex (MDE-PMC)
Papilloma
Carcinoma
Breast Cysts
Idiopathic
Investigations (Choices Include)
A. Management of Nipple discharge without any breast lump/mass.
B. Management of nipple discharge with breast lump/mass:
25.5 BREAST INFECTIONS
Lactational (Puerperal) Breast Abscess
Puperal Mastitis
Non-lactational Abscess
Retromammary Breast Abscess
Neonatal Breast Abscess
Tuberculosis
Mondors Disease
Salmonella
Actinomycosis
Blastomycosis
Sporotrichosis
Candidiasis
25.6 BREAST CANCER
Natural History
Risk Factors
Clinical manifestations
Screening
Diagnosis
Staging
(a) Systems in use
Manchester system
Columbia Clinical Classification
TNM Classification
(b) Drawbacks of staging systems
(c) Need for newer staging system
Major prognostic factors
Treatment
Surgery
Adjuvant Radiotherapy
Treatment of carcinoma in situ and Invasive carnicoma of the breast
25.7 ADVANCED BREAST CANCER (ABC)
Staging of advanced breast cancer
Treatment
Summary of treatment of locally advanced breast cancer (Inoperable breast cancer)
Treatment
Treatment
25.8 METASTATIC BREAST CARCINOMA
Bone metastasis
Pleural effusions
Ascites
Hepatic failure
Anemia
Cord compression
Blindness
Renal failure
26:
THYROID
26.1 INVESTIGATION OF THYROID DISEASE
Checklist / Important Features
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC)
TSH Assay
T3, T4 Hormone Assays
Thyroid Antibodic
Thyroglobulin (Serum)
Radio Active Iodine Scan (RAI)
Indications
Ultrasound (US)
Tumour markers
Frozen Section (FS)
Investigation of the thyroid patient (summary)
Summary of diagnostic studies in thyroid Disorders
Approach to thyroid disorders (Summary)
26.2 APPROACH TO THYROID SWELLINGS /NODULES
26.3 GOITRE CLASSIFICATION
Definition
26.4 PHYSIOLOGICAL GOITRE
26.5 ADOLESCENT GOITRE
26.6 IODINE DEFICIENCY GOITRE (PRIMARY OR SECONDARY)
26.7 MULTINODULAR GOITRE (MNG) (COLLOID OR ADENOMATOUS GOITRE)
26.8 SOLITARY NODULE
Diagnostic approach to the solitary nodule
Solitary nodule may be
Treatment of Solitary Nodule(s)
26.9 ADENOMA
Treatment
26.10 THYROID CYST
Treatment
26.11 CARCINOMA OF THYROID
Checklist / Important features
1. PAPILLARY OR FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA
Surgery for thyroid gland
Total thyroidectomy helps to
Postoperative follow-up
Parathyroid preservation
Superior Laryngeal Nerve injury avoidance
Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury (RLN avoidance)
Surgery for lymph nodes
Thyroid hormone Therapy
Radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy
2. ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA
3. MEDULLARY CARCINOMAS
4. LYMPHOMA THYROID
Definitions in Thyroid Surgery
26.12 THYROIDITIS
Acute
Subacute
Chronic
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PAEDIATRICS
27.1 IV FLUIDS
Rough calculation of a child's weight
Urine output
Central venous pressure (CVP)
IV Fluid requirements
IV Fluid correction
Potassium
Normal Potassium requirement
Post-operative potassium correction
Pre-operative potassium correction
Sodium
Normal Sodium requirement
Sodium correction
Bicarbonate correction
Blood Transfusion
Whole blood calculation
Packed cells
27.2 NEEDLES AND TUBES
Scalpvein needles / intracath size
Nasogastric suction
Urinary Catheterization
27.3 DRUG DOSES
27.4 SURGICAL TIMINGS FOR PAEDIATRIC PROBLEMS
Tongue tie
Hernia
Scrotal hydrocele
Undescended testis
Phimosis
Hypospadias
Umbilical hernia
Torticollis
Cleft lip
Cleft palate
Syndactylies
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MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN SURGERY
28.1 DIABETES MELLITUS (DM)
Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus (ADA) (Venous plasma glucose) (mg/dl)
Risk factors for development of diabetes
Goals and screening for good diabetic care
Treatment
Diet and exercise
Oral antidiabetic / hypoglycemic drugs
Insulin
Risk factors to be identified and treated
Oral Hypoglycemic Agents (OHA)
Some treatment guidelines
Side Effects of Antidiabetic drugs
Diabetic drug choices in different situations
Insulin (types)
Indications for insulin use
Strength
Calculation of insulin dosage per day
Delivery devices
Side effects of insulin
Guide to Blood sugar values (Plasma glucose values) (Venous Plasma Glucose (mg/dl)
DIABETICS AND SURGERY
Emergency surgery
Elective Surgery
28.2 HYPERTENSION (HT)
Checking Blood pressure in Mandatory in:
Major risk factors include
Target organ disease/clinical cardiovascular disease
For patients with multiple risk factors, clinicians should consider initial drug the rapy plus lifestyle modifications
Etiologies
Complications
Standard workup
Treatment goal :
Antihypertensive Drugs
Some Combination drugs for hypertension
Antihypertensive Drug Choices in Specific Situations
Side effects of antihypertensive drugs
HYPERTENSION AND SURGERY
Consult anaesthetist
28.3 ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE (IHD) /ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME (ACS)
Clinical manifestations
Physical exam
Diagnostic studies
Spectrum of Acute Coronary Syndromes
Pre-discharge checklist for Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) / Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients
SURGERY AND ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE
Myocardial infarction
Unstable angina
Chronic stable angina
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PAIN MANAGEMENT
CONVENTIONAL PAIN KILLERS
UNCONVENTIONAL PAIN KILLERS
MODES OF THERAPY
(1) Pharmacological
(2) Physical therapy
(3) Physiological
(4) Complementary and alternative medicine
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION PAIN RELIEF FOR PALLIATIVE CARE (WHO) Analgesic ladder
I. Analgesis (NSAID's & OPIATES)
II. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
III. Smooth Muscle Relaxants
IV. Anxiolytics / Sedatives
V. Anticonvulsants
VI. Antidepressants
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ANTIBIOTICS
30.1 CLASSIFICATION OF BACTERIA
30.2 COMMENSAL MICROBIAL FLORA
30.3 MECHANISM OF ACTION
30.4 ANTIBIOTIC CHOICES FOR BACTERIA
30.5 Penicillins
PENICILLINS
30.6 CEPHALOSPORINS
CEPHALOSPORINS
30.7 FLUOROQUINOLONES
FLUOROQUINOLONES
30.8 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIBIOTICS
30.9 ANTI-ANAEROBIC DRUGS
ANTI-ANAEROBIC DRUGS
30.10 ANTI FUNGAL DRUGS
30.11 ANTI VIRAL DRUGS
30.12 TOPICAL ANTIBIOTICS
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ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY—GUIDELINES
31.1 GASTROINTESTINAL
31.2 SKIN AND SOFT TISSUES
31.3 RESPIRATORY TRACT
31.4 GENITAL TRACT (MALE & FEMALE)
31.5 KIDNEY AND BLADDER
31.6 BONE AND JOINT
31.7 BRAIN
31.8 EAR
31.9 EYE
31.10 MOUTH & TOOTH INFECTIONS
31.11 VASCULAR
31.12 MISCELLANEOUS
31.13 PROPHYLAXIS
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PROCEDURES AND MINOR SURGERY
32.1 INCISION AND DRAINAGE (I and D)
Aim Is
Anaesthesia for drainage of Abscess
Surgical principles of drainage
32.2 JOINT ASPIRATIONS
32.3 CUT DOWN/VENESECTION
32.4 SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CANNULATION
32.5 CATHETERIZATION OF BLADDER AND FOLEY'S CATHETER
Some Important Rules
Foley's Catheter and problems faced during or after catheterization
How to deal with a Foley's which cannot be pulled or removed
32.6 SUPRAPUBIC CYSTOSTOMY
32.7 RYLE'S TUBE INSERTION
When to use Ryle's Tube
When to remove Ryle's tube
Problems of Ryle's tube
32.8 CHEST TUBE INSERTION
When to remove chest tubes
32.9 TRACHEOSTOMY
32.10 LIVER BIOPSY
32.11 MURPHY'S DRIP (BLADDER IRRIGATION)
Indication/Use
How much fluid to run in Murphy's drip and when to remove
Complications
32.12 NEPHROSTOMY TUBES (ANTEGRADE)
Indications/Uses
When to remove the nephrostomy tube
32.13 T-TUBES
Complications of T-Tube
32.14 DRAINS
Uses of Drains
Drains in Peritonitis
Types of Drains
Passive
Active
Sump drains
Removal of Drains
Drains if not draining or if blockage suspected
Complications of Drains
32.15 TOURNIQUET
Indications
Pressures
Time
Contraindications
32.16 DRESSINGS
Dressings help to
Principles of Dressing
Types of Dressing
32.17 FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY (FNAC)
32.18 BIOPSY
Incisional Biopsy
Excision Biopsy
Wedge Biopsy
True Cut Biopsy
32.19 SKIN LESION BIOPSY
32.20 LYMPH NODE BIOPSY
32.21 MUSCLE BIOPSY
32.22 TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY
32.23 EXCISION OF SEBACEOUS CYST
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COMMON POST-OPERATIVE PROBLEMS
33.1 PAIN
Pain at wound site
Abdominal pain
Chest pain
Leg pain
33.2 FEVER
Fever, day 0 – 3
Fever, day 3 – 5
Fever, day 5 – 7
Fever after the first week
Infectious causes of fever (> 50% cases)
Non-infectious causes of fever (> 50% cases) (First 3 days)
Investigations
33.3 CONFUSION (RESTLESSNESS / DELIRIUM)
Hypoxia
The hypoxaemic patient
• Respiratory causes
• Bleeding / Hypovolemia
• Myocardial infarction
Treatment
• Metabolic / electrolyte abnormalities
• Infection
• Pain
• Urinary retention
• Alcohol withdrawal
Withdrawal
Delerium tremens (DT)
Treatment
• Benzodiazepine withdrawal
• Liver failure
• Renal failure
• Stroke, Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH), Meningitis
• Drugs
33.4 BLEEDING
Primary haemorrhage
Reactionary haemorrhage
Secondary haemorrhage
33.5 LOW URINE OUTPUT
Oliguria
Anuria
Etiologies
Checklist / Important features
Work Up
I. Renal Causes of Acute Renal Failure (ARF)
Definition(s) of Acute Renal Failure (ARF)
ARF Patients can Manifest in 2 ways
Fluid management of ARF
(A) PRERENAL AZOTEMIA
II. Pre-renal causes of renal failure
Fluid challenge
Monitoring of fluid administration
Diagnosis of prerenal azotemia
Selection of IV fluids
(B) NON OLIGURIC ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
Fluid and electrolyte management
(C) OLIGURIC ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
(D) DIURETIC PHASE OF ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
Pathophysiology
Fluid and electrolyte management
POST RENAL CAUSES OF RENAL FAILURE
Management
33.6. BREATHLESSNESS
33.7 CHEST PAIN
• Myocardial causes of chest pain
Intestinal causes of chest pain
• Respiratory causes of chest pain
• Musculoskeletal chest pain
33.8 HYPOTENSION
33.9 HYPERTENSION
33.10 TACHYCARDIA (>100)
33.11 BRADYCARDIA (<60)
33.12 SHIVERING
33.13 SWEATING
33.14 COLLAPSE
33.15 NAUSEA AND VOMITING
33.16 HICCOUGH
33.17 CONSTIPATION
33.18 DIARRHOEA
33.19 ANASTOMOTIC LEAK
Pre-op Factors
Per-op Factors
Features of Leak
Treatment
33.20 DISCHARGING WOUND
• Infection
• Abscess
• Fistula
• Wound dehisence:
33.21 SURGICAL SITE INFECTION (SSI), (WOUND INFECTION)
Classification
Treatment
Prophylaxis
Risk factors for Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
33.22 HEADACHE
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COMPLICATIONS OF SOME SPECIFIC OPERATIONS
34.1 APPENDICECTOMY
34.2 HERNIA REPAIR
34.3 CHOLECYSTECTOMY
34.4 VAGOTOMY
34.5 GASTRECTOMY
34.6 HEMICOLECTOMY / BOWEL RESECTION
34.7 ABDOMINO PERINEAL EXCISION OF RECTUM (APR)
34.8 PERITONITIS
34.9 SPLENECTOMY
34.10 HAEMORRHOIDECTOMY
34.11 LATERAL ANAL SPHINCTEROTOMY (LAS)
34.12 MASTECTOMY
34.13 THYROIDECTOMY
34.14 SALIVARY GLAND SURGERY
34.15 TRACHEOSTOMY
34.16 LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY
34.17 AMPUTATION
34.18 INGROWN TOENAIL REMOVAL
34.19 CIRCUMCISION
34.20 PYELO / NEPHROLITHOTOMY
34.21 HYDROCOELECTOMY
34.22 URETEROLITHOTOMY
34.23 PROSTATECTOMY
RetroPubic prostatectomy (RPP)
Trans-urethral Resection Of Prostate (Turp)
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