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Common Surgical Emergencies SK Kochar

SECTION 1: GENERAL SURGERY
CHAPTER 1:Management of Polytrauma
- INTRODUCTION
- INJURY CONSEQUENCES: SEQUENCE
  - Assessment of Injury
  - The Trauma Score
- MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS
  - First Priority Protocol
  - Second Priority Protocol
- SYSTEMIC PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- SURGICAL DECISION MAKING
- SURGICAL PRIORITY
- DAMAGE CONTROL SURGERY
CHAPTER 2:Head Injury
- HISTORICAL REVIEW AND INTRODUCTION
- EPIDEMIOLOGY
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HEAD INJURY
  - Primary Brain Injury
  - Secondary Brain Injury
- EVALUATION OF HEAD INJURED PATIENTS
  - Clinical Evaluation
    - Aim
- EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT AT THE SITE/PRIMARY HOSPITAL CARE MANAGEMENT PLAN
- INVESTIGATIONS
- MANAGEMENT
- CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 3:Gunshot Wounds and Bomb Blast Injuries
- INTRODUCTION
- WOUND BALLISTICS
- BOMB BLAST INJURIES
CHAPTER 4:Burns
- INTRODUCTION
- TYPES OF INJURY
  - Etiology of Burns
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF BURNS
  - Jackson's Burn Model
  - Pathophysiologic Changes
- CLASSIFICATION OF BURNS
- MANAGEMENT
- PREVENTION OF COMPLICATIONS
  - Chronic Problems
  - Rehabilitation
CHAPTER 5:Surgical Infections
- INTRODUCTION
- PATHOGENESIS
- CLASSIFICATION
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT
SECTION 2: GASTROINTESTINAL
CHAPTER 6:Imaging Modalities in Acute Abdomen
- INTRODUCTION
- PLAIN RADIOGRAPHY
- CONTRAST STUDIES
- BARIUM ENEMA
- ULTRASONOGRAPHY
- CT SCAN
- MRI
CHAPTER 7:Acute Abdomen: Decision Making
- INTRODUCTION
- THE HISTORY
- INSPECTION OF THE ABDOMEN
- LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS
- RADIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
CHAPTER 8:Acute Appendicitis
- INTRODUCTION
- ANATOMY
- PATHOLOGY
- CLINICAL FEATURES
- DIAGNOSIS
  - Laboratory Investigations
  - Radiological Investigations
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
- DECISION MAKING
- TREATMENT
- COMPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 9:Perforated Peptic Ulcer
- INTRODUCTION
- ETIOPATHOGENESIS
- CLINICAL FEATURES
- DIAGNOSIS
- PROGNOSIS
- MANAGEMENT
- POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 10:Intra-abdominal Infections
- INTRODUCTION
- ETIOLOGY
- PATHOGENESIS
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION
- DIAGNOSIS
  - Ultrasonography
  - CT Scan
- MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 11:Small Intestinal Obstruction
- CLASSIFICATION
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- ETIOLOGY
- CLINICAL FEATURES
- INVESTIGATIONS
  - Imaging Studies
- TREATMENT
CHAPTER 12:Large Gut Obstruction
- INTRODUCTION
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE LARGE INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
- CLINICAL FEATURES
- DIAGNOSIS
- TREATMENT
- SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 13:Upper GI Bleeding
- INTRODUCTION
- CAUSES OF UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
- EVALUATION
- INVESTIGATIONS
- MANAGEMENT
  - Endoscopic Management
  - Postendoscopic Management
- SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 14:Lower GI Bleeding
- INTRODUCTION
- ETIOLOGY
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION
- MANAGEMENT
SECTION 3: HEPATOBILIARY AND PANCREATIC
CHAPTER 15:Acute Cholecystitis
- INTRODUCTION
- ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS
- ACUTE ACALCULUS CHOLECYSTITIS
- EDITOR'S COMMENT
CHAPTER 16:Acute Cholangitis
- INTRODUCTION
- ETIOLOGY
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION
- LABORATORY DATA
- RADIOLOGICAL EVALUATION
- MANAGEMENT
  - Biliary Decompression
- RESULTS
- CONCLUSION
- EDITOR'S COMMENTS
CHAPTER 17:Gallstone Ileus
- INTRODUCTION
- MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 18:Biliary Peritonitis
- INTRODUCTION
- POSTCHOLECYSTECTOMY
- MANAGEMENT
- EDITOR'S COMMENTS
CHAPTER 19:Pyogenic Liver Abscess
- INTRODUCTION
- TREATMENT
- EDITOR'S COMMENTS
CHAPTER 20:Amebic Liver Abscess
- INTRODUCTION
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION
- INVESTIGATIONS
  - Imaging
- MANAGEMENT
- EDITOR'S COMMENTS
CHAPTER 21:Acute Pancreatitis
- EPIDEMIOLOGY
- ETIOLOGY
- PATHOGENESIS
- CLINICAL FEATURES
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- INVESTIGATIONS
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS
- ASSESSMENT OF SEVERITY
  - Ranson's Criteria of Severity of Acute Pancreatitis
    - At admission
    - At 48 hr after admission
- ORGAN FAILURE
- GOALS OF TREATMENT
- PREVENTION
  - Prevention of Pancreatic Necrosis
  - Prevention of Pancreatic Infection
- MANAGEMENT
- SURGICAL APPROACH TO SPECIFIC COMPLICATIONS
  - Acute Pancreatitis
    - Early Phase (First Four Days)
  - Intermediate Phase (Four Days to Fourteen Days)
- PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST
  - Late Phase
    - Pancreatic Abscess
    - Persistent Pancreatitis
  - Other Complications
- EDITOR'S COMMENTS
SECTION 4: VASCULAR
CHAPTER 22:Acute Ischemia of Lower Limb
- INTRODUCTION
- ETIOLOGY
- CLINICAL FEATURES
- PATIENT ASSESSMENT
- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACUTE THROMBOSIS AND EMBOLISM
- SEVERITY OF LIMB ISCHEMIA
- MANAGEMENT
- PROGNOSIS
- CONCLUSION
SECTION 5: UROLOGY
CHAPTER 23:Acute Genital Emergencies
- INTRODUCTION
- ACUTE EPIDIDYMO-ORCHITIS
- TESTICULAR TORSION
- PARAPHIMOSIS
  - Etiology
  - Treatment
- PRIAPISM
- FRACTURE PENIS
CHAPTER 24:Hematuria
- INTRODUCTION
- ETIOLOGY
- GENERAL EXAMINATION
- INVESTIGATION
  - Cytology
  - Renal Biopsy
SECTION 6: ONCOLOGY
CHAPTER 25:Oncologic Emergencies
- CLASSIFICATION
- VASCULAR EMERGENCIES
  - Superior Vena Cava Syndrome (SVCS)
  - Massive Hemoptysis
- METABOLIC EMERGENCIES
- NEUROLOGIC EMERGENCIES
  - Increased Intracranial Tension
- UROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES
- CARDIORESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES
  - Airway Obstructions
  - Pericardial Effusion/Tamponade
- ABDOMINAL EMERGENCIES
SECTION 7: PEDIATRIC SURGERY
CHAPTER 26:Neonatal Surgical Emergencies
- INTRODUCTION
- RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS

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