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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN
9780199730452
Description
For the 20th edition of this classic text, Silen has expanded his discussion of the role of CT scans in diagnosing abdominal pain and cut the material on such obsolete procedures or nosologic entities as abdominal paracentesis, pyplyositis and Bornholm's disease. This edition aims to reaffirm the text's reputation as an outstanding guide to the difficult task of diagnosing and deciding how to manage acute abdominal pain, where decisions must be made quickly and mistakes can kill patients. More generally, it aims to provide a venerable text on the art and science of bedside diagnosis.
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CONTENTS:
1. Principles of diagnosis in acute abdominal disease
2. Method of diagnosis: the history
3. Method of diagnosis: the examination of the patient
4. Method of diagnosis: the grouping of symptoms and signs
5. Laboratory and radiological tests
6. Appendicitis
7. Differential diagnosis of appendicitis
8. Diverticulitis of the colon
9. Perforation of a gastric or duodenal ulcer
10. Acute pancreatitis
11. Cholecystitis and other muses of acute pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen
12. Acute abdominal lesions arising in the left hypochondrium
13. Colics
14. Acute intestinal obstruction
15. Intussusception and other causes of obstruction
16. The early diagnosis of strangulated and obstructed hernias
17. Acute abdominal symptoms due to vascular lesions
18. Acute abdominal symptoms in women
19. Early ectopic gestation
20. Acute abdominal disease with genitourinary symptoms
21. Diagnosis of acute peritonitis
22. Early diagnosis of abdominal injuries
23. Postoperative abdomen
24. Acute abdomen in the tropics
25. Diseases that may simulate the acute abdomen
26. Acute abdominal pain in the immunocompromised patient
27. Abdominal catastrophes when sensation is impaired.
1. Principles of diagnosis in acute abdominal disease
2. Method of diagnosis: the history
3. Method of diagnosis: the examination of the patient
4. Method of diagnosis: the grouping of symptoms and signs
5. Laboratory and radiological tests
6. Appendicitis
7. Differential diagnosis of appendicitis
8. Diverticulitis of the colon
9. Perforation of a gastric or duodenal ulcer
10. Acute pancreatitis
11. Cholecystitis and other muses of acute pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen
12. Acute abdominal lesions arising in the left hypochondrium
13. Colics
14. Acute intestinal obstruction
15. Intussusception and other causes of obstruction
16. The early diagnosis of strangulated and obstructed hernias
17. Acute abdominal symptoms due to vascular lesions
18. Acute abdominal symptoms in women
19. Early ectopic gestation
20. Acute abdominal disease with genitourinary symptoms
21. Diagnosis of acute peritonitis
22. Early diagnosis of abdominal injuries
23. Postoperative abdomen
24. Acute abdomen in the tropics
25. Diseases that may simulate the acute abdomen
26. Acute abdominal pain in the immunocompromised patient
27. Abdominal catastrophes when sensation is impaired.