Title Surgery at a Glance

Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (209 p.) Series New York Academy of Sciences Ser New York Academy of Sciences Ser Contents Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Part 1 Clinical presentations at a glance -- 1: Neck lump -- Definition -- Differential diagnosis -- Thyroid -- Neoplasm -- Inflammatory -- Congenital -- Vascular -- Important diagnostic features -- Children -- Young adults -- Over-40s -- 2: Dysphagia -- Definition -- Important diagnostic features -- Mural causes -- Intraluminal causes -- Extramural causes -- 3: Haemoptysis -- Definition -- Important diagnostic features -- Spurious haemoptysis -- True haemoptysis -- 4: Breast lump -- Definition Differential diagnosis -- Swelling of the whole breast (mammoplasia) -- Localized swellings in the breast -- Swellings behind the breast -- 5: Breast pain -- Definition -- Important diagnostic features -- Non-breast conditions -- Mastalgia due to breast pathology -- Mastalgia without breast pathology -- 6: Nipple discharge -- Definition -- Differential diagnosis -- Physiological discharges -- Pathological discharges -- 7: Gastrointestinal bleeding/1 -- Definitions -- Upper GI bleeding -- Important diagnostic features -- Oesophagus -- Stomach -- Duodenum -- Gastrointestinal bleeding/2 Lower GI bleeding -- Important diagnostic features -- Small intestine -- Colon -- Rectum -- Anus -- 8: Dyspepsia -- Definition -- Differential diagnosis -- Oesophagus -- Stomach -- Duodenum -- Gallstones -- 9: Vomiting -- Definitions -- Important diagnostic features -- Central vomiting -- Reflex vomiting -- 10: Acute abdominal pain -- Definitions -- Important diagnostic features -- History of the pain -- Abdominal examination -- 11: Chronic abdominal pain -- Definition -- Important diagnostic features -- Irritable bowel syndrome -- Adhesions -- Mesenteric angina -- Meckel's diverticulum 12: Abdominal swellings (general) -- Definition -- Important diagnostic features -- 'Fat' -- 'Flatus' -- 'Fluid' -- 'Faeces' -- 'Fetus' -- 'Flipping big mass' -- 13: Abdominal swellings (localized) -- upper abdominal/1 -- Abdominal swellings (localized) -- upper abdominal/2 -- 14: Abdominal swellings (localized) -- lower abdominal -- 15: Jaundice -- Definition -- Differential diagnosis -- Pre-hepatic/haemolytic jaundice -- Hepatic/hepatocellular jaundice -- Post-hepatic/obstructive jaundice -- 16: Diarrhoea -- Definitions -- Important diagnostic features -- Acute diarrhoea -- Chronic diarrhoea 17: Altered bowel habit/constipation -- Definitions -- Important diagnostic features -- Chronic constipation -- 18: Groin swellings -- Definition -- Important diagnostic features -- Inguinal hernia -- Femoral hernia -- Principles of hernia surgery -- 19: Claudication -- Definition -- Differential diagnosis -- Vascular -- Neurological -- 20: Acute warm painful leg -- Definitions -- Important diagnostic features -- Infection -- Trauma -- Degenerative -- Tumours -- Vascular -- 21: Acute 'cold' leg -- Definition -- Important diagnostic features -- Isolated arterial embolus -- Trauma Notes Description based upon print version of record Thrombosis (in situ) Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book ISBN 9781118522608 1118522605

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