Contributors

Acknowledgments

I. Introduction

  1. Welcome (Brian C George, MD, Alden H. Harken, MD, and

    Debra A. DaRosa, PhD)

  2. How to Read this Book (Brian C. George, MD,

    Alden H. Harken, MD, and Debra A. DaRosa, PhD)

  3. General Advice (Brian C. George, MD and AIden H. Harken, MD)

  4. A 28-year-old Female Incoming Surgery Resident

    (Amanda V. Hayman, MD, MPt-I)

  5. How to Write a Note--Fast! (Teresa S. Kim, MD)

II. Handling Patients in the [D

  6. Admissions (Anthony Visioni, MD and

    Roy Phitayakom, MD, MHPE (IVIEd))

  7. A 56-year-old Female Status Post Motor Vehicle Accident

    (Ashley Hardy, MD and Marie Crandall, MD, MPI-I)

  8. A 40-year-old Female With Abdominal Pain

    (Aisha Shaheen, MD, MHA and Marie Crandall, MD, MPI-I)

  9. A 42-year-old Man With Severe Right Upper Quadrant Pain

    (Brian C. George, MD)

  10. A 23-year-old Student With Periumbilical Pain That Has Migrated

    to Her RLQ (Brian C. George, MD and AIden H. Harken, MD)

  11. A 65-year-old Female in Severe Abdominal Pain

    (Aisha Shaheen, MD, MHA and Marie Crandall, MD, MPH)

  12. A Patient in the ER With a Blood Pressure of 60/- and a

    Heart Rate of 140 (Alden H. Harken, MD and Brian C. George, MD)

  13. A 67-year-old Man With Mental Status Changes and a Suspected

    Diverticular Abscess (Alexander T. Hawkins, MD, MPH)

  14. A 57-year-old Man With a Chief Complaint of Nausea and Vomiting

    (Alexander T. Hawkins, MD, MPH)

  15. A 65-year-old Man Status Post Surgery With a HCT of 24%

    (Alden H. Harken, MD and Brian C. George, MD)

  16. A 70-year-old Man With "Bad Blood" (Emily Miraflor, MD,

    Louise Y. Yeung, MD, Brian C. George, MD, and Alden H. Harken, MD)

  17. A 37-year-old Man With a Painful Bulge Over His Left Forearm

    (Eric N. Feins, MD)

  18. Three Patients All Present With Issues Related to

    Laboratory Tests (Abigail K. Tarbox, MD and Mamta Swaroop, MD, FACS)

  19. A 73-year-old Man With Acute Right Lower Extremity Pain

    (Joel T. Adler, MD and Virendra L Patel, MD, MPH)

  20. A 36-year-old Woman Status Post Motor Vehicle Accident While

    Intoxicated (Shamim H. Nejad, MD and Nadia Ouijije, MD)

  21. A 50-year-old Man Presenting With Extensive Bums

    (Jeremy Goverman, MD, FACS and Shawn P. Fagan, MD, FACS)

  22. A 56-year-old Man 6 Days Status Post Colectomy With New Pelvic

    Discomfort (Michael F. McGee, MD and Brian C. George, MD)

III. Handling Inpatients

  23. A 75-year-old Man With Postoperative Pain (Ezra N. Teitelbaum, MD)

  24. A 72-year-old Man With Acute Confusion Postoperatively

    (Shamim H. Nejad, MD and Justin B. Smith, MD)

  25. You (the Intern) Are Asked to Read a Chest X-ray

    (Alexander T. Hawkins, MD, MPH and Amy Robin Deipolyi, MD, PhD)

  26. A 6S-year-old Woman in Respiratory Distress

    (Alden H. Harken, MD and Brian C George, MD)

  27. A Patient Who Is Postoperative Day 2 With New-onset Chest Pain

    (Alden H. Harken, MD and Brian C George, MD)

  28. A 6S-year-old Woman With a New-onset Cardiac Arrhythmia

    (Alden H. Harken, MD)

  29. A 60-year-old Man in the PACU With New-onset PVCs

    (Alden H. Harken, MD)

  30. A 65-year-old Man With Bradycardia (Alden H. Harken, MD and

    Brian C George, MD)

  31. A 6S-year-old Man With a Pacemaker Who Needs Surgery

    (Alden H. Harken, MD and Brian C George, MD)

  32. A Patient With Pulseless Electrical Activity

    (Alden H. Harken, MD and Brian C George, MD)

  33. A 55-year-old Man Who May Require Perioperative 13-blockade

    (Alden H. Harken, MD and Brian C George, MD)

  34. A 65-year-old Man Who Is in Respiratory

    Distress 3 Days Postoperatively (Jahan Mohebali, MD)

  35. A 68-year-old Man With Postoperative Hypotension

    (Allan B. Peetz, MD and Marie Crandall, MD, MPI-I)

  36. A 57-year-old Man Who Is Postoperative With a

    Blood Pressure of 210/95 (Eric N. Feins, MD)

  37. A 65-year-old Female Who Is 4 Days Postoperative With

    Nausea, V