Description: 1 Fluids, Electrolytes, Nutrition.- Basic principles.- The normal fluids and electrolytes and their maintenance.- Abnormalities.- Nutrition.- 2 Shock.- Hypovolemic shock.- Cardiogenic shock.- Septic shock.- Neurogenic shock.- 3 Clotting Disorders and Use of Blood Products.- Clotting disorders.- Blood replacement therapy.- 4 Surgical Infections.- Classification of surgical wounds.- Pathogenesis of infection.- Prevention of surgical infection.- Community acquired infections.- Hospital acquired infection.- 5 Multiple Trauma.- Primary survey--ABCDE.- Secondary survey.- 6 Burns.- Types and classification of burn injuries.- Treatment.- 7 Wound Healing.- Pathophysiology.- Classification of wounds.- Use of prophylactic antibiotics.- Wound care.- 8 Acute Abdominal Pain.- General aspects.- Acute appendicitis.- Pelvic inflammatory disease.- Ectopic pregnancy.- Biliary disease.- Acute pancreatitis.- Perforated duodenal ulcer.- Acute diverticulitis.- Small bowel obstruction (SBO).- Genitourinary problems.- 9 Esophagus.- Anatomic points of interest.- Physiology.- Pathology.- 10 Stomach.- Anatomy.- Physiology.- Diagnostic tools.- Peptic ulcer disease.- Gastric ulcer disease.- Post-gastrectomy syndromes.- Gastric cancer.- 11 Small Bowel.- Anatomy.- Physiology.- Crohn's Disease.- Small bowel obstruction.- Diverticular disease.- Small bowel neoplasms.- 12 Appendix.- Inflammation.- Neoplasias.- Chaper 13 Colon.- Neoplastic diseases.- Diverticular disease.- Inflammatory bowel disease.- Large bowel obstruction.- Lower GI hemorrhage.- 14 Rectum and Anus.- Rectum and anus.- Anus.- 15 Gallbladder and Biliary System.- Anatomy.- Physiology.- Congential problems.- Calculus associated illnesses.- Cancer.- 16 Liver.- Anatomy.- Physiology.- Congenital abnormalities.- Inflammatory problems.-Portal hypertension.- Neoplasias.- 17 Pancreas.- Anatomy.- Physiology.- Inflammatory conditions.- Neoplasia.- 18 Spleen.- Anatomy.- Function.- Splenic removal.- Other.- 19 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage.- Upper GI bleeding.- Lower GI bleeding.- GI hemorrhage in infants and children.- 20 Hernias.- Groin hernias.- Other hernias.- 21 Breast.- Anatomy/Physiology.- Evaluation.- Benign conditions.- Malignant conditions.- 22 Vascular System.- Atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease.- Venous Disease.- Lymphatic disorders.- 23 Heart.- Congenital disease.- Acquired cardiac disease.- Pacemakers.- 24 Lung and Mediastinum.- Pulmonary functions.- Lung cancer.- Primary tumors and cysts of the mediastinum.- Pleura and pleural space.- 25 Transplantation.- General aspects.- Organ and tissue donation.- Kidney transplantation.- Liver transplant.- Heart, heart-lung and lung transplantation.- Pancreas transplant.- Other.- 26 Endocrine.- Thyroid.- Parathyroid.- Adrenal Gland.- Self-Assessment Examination.- Answers.

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