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Fig. 22.1 A 52-year-old Mexican male who presented with RUQ pain and jaundice with pyogenic abscess Treatment The initial treatment of any patient suspected of having a possible liver abscess…

Fig. 18.1 Evaluation of peptic ulcer disease (PUD)-associated benign GOO The classically described test for GOO (i.e., “gastric retention”) is the saline load test described by Goldstein et al. in…

Fig. 20.1 Acute gangrenous cholecystitis (operative photograph) On the other hand, even before the modern era of antibiotics and other interventions, acute cholecystitis did often enough certainly resolve spontaneously. In…

Fig. 21.1 (a–c) Algorithm for management of suspicion of BDI Epidemiology and Background Definitions BDI is a broad term used to describe a transection of, an excision of, a leak…

Medications/dose/frequency Duration PPI  +  Clarithromycin 500 mg bid  +  Amoxicillin 1,000 mg bid 10–14 days PPI  +  Clarithromycin 500 mg bid  +  Metronidazole 500 mg bid 10–14 days PPI  +…

  I II III IV Blood loss (ml) Up to 750 750–1,500 1,500–2,000 >2,000 Blood loss (% blood volume) Up to 15 15–30 30–40 >40 Pulse rate (per minute) <100…

Superficial incisional SSI Infection occurs within 30 days after the operation •and infection involves only skin or subcutaneous tissue of the incision •and at least one of the following: –Purulent…

, Spencer Skelton2, Krista Turner3   and Hassan Aijazi4 (1) Department of General Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA (2) Department of General Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA…

Fig. 27.1 Depiction of usual sites of SMA embolus versus thrombosis. Note sparing of proximal jejunal branches with more distal lodgment of an embolus. Reprinted with permission from Hassoun HT:…

Fig. 12.1 An example of a massive transfusion protocol. Adapted from reference [5] Even before the transfusions take place, MTPs call for the rapid mobilization of blood components by having…