Current diagnosis & treatment surgery / Gerard M. Doherty.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Approach to the surgical patient -- Training, communication, professionalism, and systems-based practice -- Peroperative care -- Postoperative care -- Postoperative complications -- Wound healing -- Power sources in surgery -- Inflammation, infection, & antimicrobial therapy -- Fluid & electrolyte management -- Surgical metabolism & nutrition -- Anesthesia -- Shock & acute pulmonary failure in surgical patients -- Management of the injured patient -- Burns & other thermal injuries -- Otolaryngology-head & neck surgery -- Thyroid & parathyroid -- Breast disorders -- Thoracic wall, pleura, mediastinum, & lung -- The heart: I. surgical treatment of acquired cardiac disease [and] II. congenital heart disease -- Esophagus & diaphragm -- The acute abdomen -- Peritoneal cavity -- Stomach & duodenum -- Liver & portal venous system -- Biliary tract -- Pancreas -- Spleen -- Appendix -- Small intestine -- Large intestine -- Anorectum -- Hernias & other lesions of the abdominal wall -- Adrenals -- Arteries -- Veins & lymphatics -- neurosurgery -- The eye & ocular adnexa -- Urology -- Gynecology -- Orthopedic surgery -- Plastic & reconstructive surgery -- Hand surgery -- Pediatric surgery -- Oncology -- Organ transplantation.

This comprehensive textbook delivers to-the-point information on 1000 diseases and disorders that surgeons are most often required to treat. It encompasses both general surgery and the surgical subspecialties.

System requirements: Acrobat Reader 8.1.3 or higher (9.1 recommended) ; 800 MB of available hard disk space ; Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows 2000 SP4 ; Firefox 2.0 or 3.0.

System requirements for Mac: Mac OS X : PowerPC G4 1GHz; Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.4 and 10.5.5.