Category Surgery

Defibrillation and Cardioversion

Goals/Objectives Indications Technical considerations Cardiopulmonary and Cerebral Resuscitation Clifton W. Callaway From Vincent JL, Abraham E, Moore FA, Kochanek PM, Fink MP: Textbook of Critical Care, 6th edition (Saunders 2011) Rational Use of Rescue Shocks for Defibrillation Delivery of immediate transthoracic…

Central Venous Catheter Placement

Goals/Objectives Anatomic landmarks Technique of insertion Ultrasound guided Complications Hemodynamic Monitoring Andrew Rhodes R. Michael Grounds E. David Bennett From Vincent JL, Abraham E, Moore FA, Kochanek PM, Fink MP: Textbook of Critical Care, 6th edition (Saunders 2011) Central Venous Pressure Central venous…

Arterial Catheter Placement

Goals/Objectives Indications Techniques Complications Monitoring of the Heart and Vascular System David L. Reich Alexander J.C. Mittnacht Gerard R. Manecke Joel A. Kaplan From Kaplan JA, Reich DL, Savino JS: Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia: The Echo Era, 6th edition (Saunders 2011) Key Points 1. Patients…

Airway Management/Ventilator Management

Goals/Objectives Types of Intubation Surgical Airway Ventilator Settings/Management Airway Management in the Trauma Patient Kent A. Stevens Elliott R. Haut From Cameron JL, Cameron AM: Current Surgical Therapy, 10th edition (Mosby 2011) Airway Intervention: Decision-Making and Physiologic Considerations The decision to intervene…

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma

Goals/Objectives Indications Anatomic considerations Technical considerations Regional Lymph Node Surgery in Melanoma Patients Merrick I. Ross From Rigel DS, et al: Cancer of the Skin, 2nd edition (Saunders 2011) Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLN) History and Rationale Surgical strategies for stage I…

Pilonidal Cystectomy

Goals/Objectives Diagnosis Principles of management Currettage Flaps Pilonidal Disease Heidi Nelson From Townsend CM: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th edition (Saunders 2012) Pilonidal Disease Pilonidal infections and chronic pilonidal sinuses typically occur in the midline of the sacrococcygeal skin of young…

Melanoma – Wide Local Excision

Goals/Objectives Pathogenesis Indications Techniques Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies Kelly M. McMasters Marshall M. Urist From Townsend CM: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th edition (Saunders 2012) The ABCDEs of melanoma are used to guide the decision about performing a biopsy – a symmetrical…