Cancer Chemotherapeutic Agents BASIC PHARMACOLOGY OF CANCER CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS According to the log-kill hypothesis, does the cytotoxic action of anticancer drugs follow first-order or second-order kinetics? First-order kinetics With…
Antimicrobial Agents ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS What is a bacteriostatic antibiotic? An antibiotic that causes reversible inhibition of growth. The bacteria are still present and able to replicate should the…
Chapter 78 Coagulation and Transfusion Rohit A. Patel, MD, Kevin M. Bradley, MD Cases Considered 1. 22-year-old male for preoperative assessment of bleeding risk 2. 55-year-old female with ongoing bleeding…
Chapter 76 Mechanical Ventilation Rashna F. Ginwalla, MD, Leah Lande, MD, John Mullarkey, RRT, Thomas A. Santora, MD Cases Considered 1. 80-year-old male admitted for an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy is…
Chapter 9 The Art of Oral Presentation Paul J. Schenarts, MD, Mary Ann Hopkins, MPhil, MD Communication skills form the basis of medicine. Throughout your entire career, you will communicate…
Chapter 81 Multiple System Organ Failure Mark J. Seamon, MD, Abhijit S. Pathak, MD Cases Considered 1. Multiple system organ failure (MSOF) in a 58-year-old male with acute pancreatitis 2….
Chapter 10 Radiology Tools for Abdominal Diagnosis Anton Mahne, MD, Andrew J. Curtin, MD, Harry G. Zegel, MD Radiology and the Competencies Patient Care Provide safe and efficient patient care…
Chapter 72 Cardiac Transplant Evaluation (Case 53) Jaromir Kohout, MD, Louis Samuels, MD Case: A 55-year-old man with severe coronary artery disease and hx of heavy smoking presented with an…
Professor’s Pearls: Vascular Surgery Section Review Consider the following clinical problems and questions posed. Then refer to the professor’s discussion of these issues. 1) A 56-year-old man presents with a…
Chapter 30 Teaching Visual: Anatomic Relationships of the Pancreatic Head Barry D. Mann, MD, Meredith N. Osterman, MD, Paula M. Termuhlen, MD Objectives Describe the relationship of the CBD, pancreatic…
