General Preoperative Considerations -- Assessing Preoperative Cardiac Risk in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery -- Management of Preoperative Bleeding Disorders–Intraoperative Coagulopathy -- Preoperative Nutritional Assessment/Intervention -- Transfusion Reactions -- Asymptomatic Carotid Bruits -- General Operating Room Precautions -- Trauma -- Initial Assessment and Resuscitation of the Trauma Patient -- Head Trauma -- Management of the Difficult Airway -- Penetrating Neck Trauma -- Penetrating Chest Trauma -- Penetrating Abdominal Trauma -- Blunt Abdominal Trauma -- Pelvic Fractures -- Traumatic Hematuria -- Knee Pain -- Shoulder Pain -- Hip Fractures -- Extremity Fractures -- Burns -- Vascular Problems -- Chronic Lower Extremity Ischemia -- The Acute Cold Leg -- Myocardial Infarction -- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm -- Endocrine Disorders -- Solitary Thyroid Nodule and Cancer -- Cushing’s Syndrome -- Hyperthyroidism -- Hypercalcemia -- Insulinoma -- Zollinger Ellison Syndrome -- Surgical Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment -- Abdomen -- Acute Pancreatitis -- Chronic Pancreatitis -- Small Bowel Obstruction -- Ischemic Bowel -- Crohn’s Disease -- Ulcerative Colitis -- Appendicitis -- The Acute Abdomen -- Diverticulitis -- Large Bowel Obstruction -- Colon Cancer -- Rectal Cancer -- Anal Cancer -- Anorectal Pain -- Hematemesis -- Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage -- Cholelithiasis: Incidental and Symptomatic -- Jaundice -- Liver Mass -- Peptic Ulcer Disease -- Dysphagia -- Rectal Bleeding -- Inguinal Hernia -- Portal Hypertension -- Gastroesophageal Reflux -- Carcinoid Tumors -- Indications for Renal Transplantation -- Indications, Evaluation, and Allocation for Liver Transplantation -- Melanoma -- Pediatrics -- Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis -- Jaundice in the Pediatric Patient -- Pediatric Abdominal Masses -- Esophageal Atresia/Tracheoesophageal Fistula -- Intussusception -- Hirschsprung’s Disease -- Necrotizing Enterocolitis -- Urology -- Hematuria -- Nephrolithiasis -- Prostatism -- Testicular Mass -- Urinary Tract Infections -- Painful Scrotum -- Gynecology -- Acute Pelvic Pain -- Evaluation of the Adnexal Mass -- Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases -- Thoracic Problems -- Solitary Pulmonary Nodules -- Pleural Effusions -- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Nosocomial Pneumonia -- Breast Disorders -- Palpable Breast Mass -- Abnormal Mammogram -- Invasive Breast Cancer -- Nipple Discharge -- Breast Pain -- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ -- Head and Neck Disorders -- Parotid Mass -- Evaluation of the Suspicious Neck Mass -- On-Call Crises -- Epistaxis -- Diabetic Ketoacidosis -- Oliguria -- Postoperative Fever -- Hypercalcemic Crisis -- Postoperative Chest Pain -- Critical Care -- Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias -- Ventilator Management -- Hypoxemia and Hypoxia -- Hypotension in the Postoperative Patient.

Written by leaders in the field, Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving, provides surgical residents and house staff with a current, concise and algorithmic approach to frequently encountered clinical challenges. Over 100 chapters detail every common surgical disease in the form of a succinct text coupled with a step-by-step algorithm. Each chapter walks the reader through the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the most common surgical problems. Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition includes new chapters in trauma, abdominal surgery, and critical care. Among the new chapters, readers will find: traumatic hematuria, knee dislocation, hip fractures, extremity fractures, indications for renal and liver transplantation, management of cardiac arrhythmias, ventilator management, hypoxia and pulmonary embolism, and the hypertensive postoperative patient. Following the success of the first edition, this revision provides an excellent quick reference and is an absolute essential for practicing surgeons, surgical house staff, and for medical students in their surgical clerkship.