Figure 101-1. CT or MRI of second branchial cleft cysts. These lesions often present with infection, and it is best to minimize inflammation and infection with antibiotics prior to excision,…

Figure 24-1. Rib fractures on CXR. Treatment 2 The most important aspect of care for rib fractures is pain management. The majority of complications are directly related to lack of…

Figure 53-1. Schematic diagram depicting activation of proteolytic enzymes, possibly through colocalization of zymogen granules and lysosomes, and subsequent rupture of zymogen granules releasing the activated enzymes into the cytoplasm…

Figure 2-1. The chemical reactions of glycogenesis and glycogenolysis. Glucose-6-phosphatase allows hepatic glucose to be transported out of the hepatocyte for use in other tissues. Glucose-6-phosphate, in red, plays a…

Figure 18-1. Systems failures. Figure 18-2. Overview of the reporting system. A second way we use the safety culture survey data is to identify specific hospital units that are struggling…

Figure 64-1. Layers of the colonic wall. The transverse colon stretches from the hepatic flexure to the splenic flexure and is the longest segment of colon (between 30 cm and…

Algorithm 26-1. Algorithm for the evaluation and management of renal injury. 2 Grade I and II injuries rarely require further management. The bulk of blunt grade III and nonvascular grade…

Figure 36-1. The growth in the number of patients awaiting transplant (A) has exceeded the relatively stagnant rate of deceased-donor kidney transplants leading to progressively increasing waiting times over the…

Figure 99-1. Fetal circulation. (From Rosdahl CB, Kowalski MT, eds. Textbook of Basic Nursing. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health; 2012.) Transition to Postnatal Life 3 One of the most critical…

Table 71-2 Alvarado or MANTRELS Scoring System There have been numerous studies evaluating other potential serum and urinary markers of appendicitis, including but not limited to inflammatory cytokines such as…