"57 high-yield general-surgery cases featuring complete discussions, pearls, and USMLE-style review questions help medical students excel in the clerkship and improve their shelf-exam scores"--
Real-life cases sharpen your critical thinking skills for your clerkship and the shelf examThe 60 cases in
Case Files: Surgery feature realistic clinical scenarios designed to help you enhance and hone your clinical decision-making skills. Each case includes an easy-to-understand discussion correlated to key concepts, definitions of key terms, clinical pearls, and Board-style review questions to reinforce learning. The format allows you to review a patient vignette and then explore/examine the case in a contextual, application-based manner. The book is ideal for both quick-access and slow and careful study.
- Realistic cases are accompanied by questions that encourage you to think through the differential diagnosis and treatment options
- Real-life surgery cases with high-yield discussions aligned to clerkship guidelines
- USMLE-style review questions and clinical pearls accompany each case
- Primer on how to approach clinical problems and think like an experienced doctor
| Contributors |
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| Preface |
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xi | |
| Acknowledgments |
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xiii | |
| Introduction |
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Section I How to Approach Clinical Problems |
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1 | (14) |
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Part 1 Approach to the Patient |
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3 | (4) |
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Part 2 Approach to the Trauma Patient |
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7 | (1) |
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Part 3 Approach to Clinical Problem Solving |
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8 | (1) |
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Part 4 Approach to Reading |
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9 | (6) |
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Section II Clinical Cases |
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15 | (620) |
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17 | (44) |
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61 | (60) |
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121 | (32) |
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153 | (16) |
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Stomach/Small Bowel (Cases 15-20) |
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169 | (66) |
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Large Bowel (Cases 21-26) |
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235 | (72) |
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Abdominal Wall (Cases 27-28) |
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307 | (22) |
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Liver, Biliary, Pancreas (Cases 29-32) |
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329 | (46) |
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375 | (24) |
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399 | (22) |
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Musculoskeletal/Soft Tissue (Cases 37-40) |
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421 | (36) |
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457 | (60) |
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517 | (48) |
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565 | (36) |
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Genitourinary/Transplant (Cases 55-57) |
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601 | (34) |
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Section III Review Questions |
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635 | (12) |
| Index |
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Eugene C. Toy, MD is a dual certified family physician and ob/gyn. He is the John S. Dunn Senior Academic Chair and Program Director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program; Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Methodist Hospital--Houston; Clerkship Director and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Texas--Houston Medical School (Houston, Texas).
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery Department of Surgery University of California, San Francisco San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco, California
Barnard J. A. Palmer, MD, MEd General Surgery Surgical Endocrinology UCSF-East Bay/Alameda Health System, Highland Campus Oakland, California
