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C1: Principles of Surgery
00 C1 V2

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table of contents
  1. Principles of Surgery
    1. History Taking: Common Surgical Symptoms
      1. Introduction
      2. Presenting Complaint
      3. History of Presenting Complaint–Pain
      4. Mnemonics to Help Remember Important Questions
      5. Site
      6. Radiation
      7. Character: If necessary, give examples but avoid leading questions.
      8. Onset
      9. Periodicity
      10. Duration
      11. Severity (Out of 10)
      12. Associated symptoms
      13. Relieving factors
      14. Aggravating factors
      15. Risk Factors
      16. Past Medical/Surgical History
      17. Medication History
      18. Allergies
      19. Family History
      20. Social History
      21. Systems Review
      22. Summary
      23. Upper GI Symptoms
        1. Dyspepsia
        2. Dysphagia
        3. Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD)/Heartburn
        4. Haematemesis
      24. Lower Gi Symptoms
        1. Altered Bowel Habit
        2. Rectal bleeding: Usually on the surface of the stool.
        3. Tenesmus
      25. Hepatobiliary Symptoms
        1. Jaundice
      26. Peripheral Arterial Disease Symptoms
        1. Claudication
        2. Rest Pain
      27. Urology Symptoms
        1. Dysuria
        2. Haematuria
      28. Differential Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen
        1. Key Points
        2. Differential Diagnosis of Epigastric PainPeptic Ulcer Disease/Gastritis
        3. Pancreatitis
        4. Figure 1.1 General Guidance With Regional Differential Diagnosis of An Acute Abdomen. Locations Can Vary And Patients Might Have Different Presentations of Each Condition.
        5. GORD
        6. Cardiac (Myocardial Infarction (Mi)/Pericarditis)
        7. Ruptured AAA
      29. Differential Diagnosis of Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ) Pain
        1. Biliary Colic
        2. Cholecystitis/Cholangitis
        3. Hepatitis
        4. Pneumonia
      30. Differential Diagnosis of LOQ Pain
      31. Differential Diagnosis of Umbilical Pain
      32. Differential Diagnosis of Right/Left Flank Pain
      33. Differential Diagnosis of Diffuse Abdominal Pain
        1. Gastroenteritis
        2. Acute Mesenteric Ischaemia
        3. Chronic Mesenteric Ischaemia
        4. Bowel Obstruction
      34. Differential Diagnosis of Right Iliac Fossa (Rif) Pain
        1. Appendicitis
        2. Ectopic pregnancy
        3. Ruptured Ovarian Cyst
        4. Mittelschmerz (Ovulation Pain)
        5. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (Pid)
        6. Inguinal hernia
        7. Ureteric Stone
        8. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
      35. Differential Diagnosis of Left Iliac Fossa (LIF) Pain
      36. Differential Diagnosis of Suprapubic Pain
      37. Surgical Incisions/Scars
      38. Drains
        1. Key Points
        2. Complications
        3. Types of Drains
      39. Nutrition In Surgical Patients
        1. Key Points
        2. Poor Nutrition Leads To the Following ERIC NOT AS HEADING?
        3. Body Mass Index (BMI)
        4. Types of Nutritional Support
      40. Medications In Surgery
        1. Pre-Operative Medicines Management
        2. Patients On Warfarin
        3. Reversing Warfarin
      41. Fluids In Surgical Patients
        1. Common Indications
        2. Assessing Fluid Balance
        3. Fluid Requirements
        4. Fluid Compartments
        5. Fluid Types
        6. Fluid Challenge
        7. Special Circumstances
        8. Special Surgical Circumstances
        9. Administration of Blood Products
      42. Sepsis
        1. Diagnosis of Sepsis
        2. Adjunctive Investigations
        3. Severe Sepsis Management
        4. Septic Shock
        5. Management of Septic Shock
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