Contributors Acknowledgments I.Introduction 1.Welcome 2.How to Read this Book 3.General Advice 4.A 28-year-old Female Incoming Surgery Resident 5.How to Write a Note--Fast! II.Handling Patients in the ED 6.
Admissions 7.A 56-year-old Female Status Post Motor Vehicle Accident 8.A 40-year-old Female With Abdominal Pain 9.A 42-year-old Man With Severe Right Upper Quadrant Pain 10.A 23-year-old Student With Periumbilical Pain That Has Migrated to Her RLQ 11.A 65-year-old Female in Severe Abdominal Pain 12.A Patient in the ER With a Blood Pressure of 60/- and a Heart Rate of 140 13.A 67-year-old Man With Mental Status Changes and a Suspected Diverticular Abscess 14.
A 57-year-old Man With a Chief Complaint of Nausea and Vomiting 15.A 65- year-old Man Status Post Surgery With a HCT of 24% 16.A 70-year-old Man With "Bad Blood" 17.A 37-year-old Man With a Painful Bulge Over His Left Forearm 18.Three Patients All Present With Issues Related toLaboratory Tests 19.A 73-year-old Man With Acute Right Lower Extremity Pain 20.A 36-year-old Woman Status Post Motor Vehicle Accident While Intoxicated 21.A 50-year-old Man Presenting With Extensive Burns 22.
A 56-year-old Man 6 Days Status Post Colectomy With New Pelvic Discomfort III.Handling Inpatients 23.A 75-year-old Man With Postoperative Pain 24.A 72-year-old Man With Acute Confusion Postoperatively 25.You (the Intern) Are Asked to Read a Chest X-ray 26.A 65-year-old Woman in Respiratory Distress 27.A Patient Who Is Postoperative Day 2 With New-onset Chest Pain 28.A 65-year-old Woman With a New-onset Cardiac Arrhythmia 29.
A 60-year-old Man in the PACU With New-onset PVCs 30.A 65-year-old Man With Bradycardia 31.A 65-year-old Man With a Pacemaker Who Needs Surgery 32.A Patient With Pulseless Electrical Activity 33.A 55-year-old Man Who May Require Perioperative β-blockade 34.A 65-year-old Man Who Is in RespiratoryDistress 3 Days Postoperatively 35.A 68-year-old Man with Postoperative Hypotension 36.A 57-year-old Man Who Is Postoperative With aBlood Pressure of 210/95 37.
A 65-year-old Female Who Is 4 Days Postoperative With Nausea, Vomiting, and a Distended Abdomen 38.A 30-year-old Woman With Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting 39.A 79-year-old Man, Postoperative Day 3,Who has Not had a Bowel Movement in 4 Days 40.A 70-year-old Postoperative Colectomy Patient Who Is Not Putting Out Much Urine 41.A 55-year-old Male With Postoperative Urinary Retention 42.A 52-year-old Female Who Is Dehydrated Postoperative Day #1 43.A 68-year-old Woman With Electrolyte Abnormalities 44.A 58-year-old Man With a Postoperative Fever 45.
A 42-year-old Woman 4 Hours Postoperative With a Fever and Extreme Pain 46.A 35-year-old Man With Crohn DiseaseWho Needs Postoperative Orders 47.A 65-year-old Man With Diabetes NeedingPostoperative Orders 48.A 65-year-old Female Presenting for Preoperative Evaluation 49.A 33-year-old Woman Who Needs Postoperative Orders for DVT Prophylaxis 50.A 78-year-old Woman and a 62-year-old Man With Drains 51.A 58-year-old Woman Who had a Drain Pulled by the Resident in Error 52.A Resident Who Is Unsure About How to Remove a Chest Tube 53.
A Surgical Intern in a Moral Dilemma 54.A 35-year-old Man Who Is Disruptive on the Floor IV.Handling Patients in Clinic 55.Ambulatory Care and the Surgery Intern 56.A 55-year-old Man Who Was Struck by a Beer Truck and Needs a CT Scan 57.A 60-year-old Man With Postoperative Wound Complications 58.A 35-year-old Woman Who Needs a Lipoma Removed in Clinic 59.A 52-year-old Woman With a Suspected Congenital Coagulopathy Bibliography Index.