Includes index.

Contents: Keys to survival -- Daily routine for the surgery intern: Organizing your day -- Call night -- Talking to families -- Discharges -- Against medical advice -- Expirations -- Resources: Books -- Internet resources -- Perioperative care and conduct: Preoperative cardiac assessment -- Preoperative blood work and imaging -- Bowel prep -- Preoperative diet -- Preoperative antibiotics -- Preoperative holding area -- Consent -- OR conduct -- Postoperative check -- Radiology and vascular studies: Communicating with the radiology department -- Contrast agents -- Neuroradiology -- Chest radiology -- Abdominal and pelvic radiology -- Interventional radiology -- Vascular studies -- Common calls: Common calls: general procedure -- Chest pain -- Confusion, mental status change and agitation -- Constipation -- Diarrhea -- Fever -- Hypotension -- Hypertension -- Low urine output -- Nausea and vomiting -- Shortness of breath -- Tachycardia -- Diet status -- Falls -- Insomnia -- Lost IV access -- Pain -- "Patient doesn't look right" -- Pharmacy questions -- Wound drainage -- Common problems: Breast -- Esophagus and upper GI -- General abdominal surgery -- Herniorrhaphy -- Laparoscopy -- Liver/Pancreas/Gallbladder -- Lower GI -- Neck -- Abdominal observation patients -- Spleen -- Trauma -- Vascular -- Critical care: Crashing patient -- Codes -- Ventilators -- Invasive monitoring -- Medications -- Bleeding -- Nutrition: Common surgical diets -- Estimating nutritional needs -- Tube feeding -- Total parenteral nutrition -- Nothing by mouth (NPO) -- Diabetes -- Tubes and drains: Nasoenteric tubes -- Surgically placed feeding tubes -- Tracheostomy -- Closed suction drain -- Surgical subspecialties: neurosurgery -- Neurosurgery essentials -- Neurosurgery: general approach -- Approach to common problems in neurosurgery -- Surgery subspecialties: orthopedic surgery -- Orthopedic surgery essentials -- Orthopedic surgery: emergencies -- Approach to orthopedic injuries --