Basic Science for Surgeons. a Review

From the biological basis of disease to system dysfunction and failure, this one-stop resource presents broad, comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of surgery. It covers applied embryology and physiology as well as special patient considerations. Perfect for exam review and ideal for day-to-day practice, this practical book features contributors from expert practitioners and teachers.

Features

Delivers the basic knowledge every surgeon needs to properly understand how tissues respond to surgical treatment and the potential problems that can occur, covering molecular structures and interactions, biochemistry, blood flow, immunology, anatomy and physiology, and more.

Discusses practical issues related to ICU management and critical care, including nutrition, transfusion therapy, electrolytes, infections, oncology, organ or system insufficiency and support, monitoring, legal/ethical issues, and more.

Details special considerations and offers practical advice for dealing with pregnant, elderly, pediatric, morbidly obese, diabetic, and immunologically compromised surgical patients.

Provides specialty-specific information, devoting separate chapters to cardiac, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, vascular, neurologic, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, and endocrine applied physiology and embryology.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Cell: Structure and Function
Chapter 2 Growth Factors and Cytokines
Chapter 3 The Normal Wound Healing Process
Chapter 4 Abnormal Wound Healing
Chapter 5 Fetal Wound Healing
Chapter 6 The Fundamentals of Molecular Genetics
Chapter 7 The Immune System and Transplant Immunology
Chapter 8 Principles and Practice of Transplantation
Chapter 9 Skin and Adnexal Structures
Chapter 10 Bone and Cartilage
Chapter 11 Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Injury and Repair
Chapter 12 Peripheral Nerve: Anatomy, Injury, and Repair
Chapter 13 Applied Embryology
Chapter 14 Applied Cardiac Embryology
Chapter 15 Applied Embryology of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Chapter 16 Applied Urinary and Reproductive Embryology
Chapter 17 Applied Embryology of the Extremities
Chapter 18 Fundamentals of Neurophysiology and Neurodysfunction
Chapter 19 Physiology of Normal and Abnormal Respiration
Chapter 20 Renal Physiology and Dysfunction
Chapter 21 Reproductive Physiology and Dysfunction
Chapter 22 Cardiac Physiology and Dysfunction
Chapter 23 Physiology of Arterial Venous and Lymphatic Flow
Chapter 24 Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Physiology
Chapter 25 Endocrine Physiology and Dysfunction
Chapter 26 The Pregnant Surgical Patient
Chapter 27 The Elderly Surgical Patient
Chapter 28 The Pediatric Surgical Patient
Chapter 29 The Morbidly Obese Surgical Patient
Chapter 30 The Diabetic Surgical Patient
Chapter 31 The Immunologically-Compromised and Transplant Surgery Patient
Chapter 32 Metabolic Response to Trauma
Chapter 33 Thermal Burns
Chapter 34 Physiochemical Injuries
Chapter 35 Perioperative Fever and Hypothermia
Chapter 36 Nutrition
Chapter 37 Hematology and Hemostasis
Chapter 38 Transfusion and Replacement Therapy
Chapter 39 Electrolytes and Electrolyte Dysfunction
Chapter 40 Thromboembolic Disease
Chapter 41 Bacterial Infection
Chapter 42 Fungal Infection
Chapter 43 Viral Infection
Chapter 44 General Anesthesia
Chapter 45 Sedation and Local Anesthesia
Chapter 46 Principles of Tumor Biology
Chapter 47 Cancer Therapy Alternatives
Chapter 48 Radiation Therapy and Radiation Injury
Chapter 49 Central Nervous System Impairment, Seizure, Coma, and Death
Chapter 50 Gastrointestinal and Liver Failure
Chapter 51 Pulmonary Insufficiency, Failure, and Support
Chapter 52 Myocardial Insufficiency, Failure, and Support
Chapter 53 Perioperative Renal Dysfunction: Failure, Diagnosis, and Management
Chapter 54 Recognition and Treatment of Perioperative Arrhythmias
Chapter 55 Acute Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Chapter 56 Alternatives in Physiological Monitoring
Chapter 57 Shock: Differential Diagnosis and Management
Chapter 58 Legal Medicine, Medical Ethics, and Professional Behavior