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PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode Postpartum Problems - Postpartum Endometritis NOTES
In this podcast, 4th-year medical student Mandy Litt form the University of Saskatchewan will review
postpartum endometritis. After listening to this podcast, you should be able to:
- Describe the risk factors and pathophysiology of postpartum endometritis
- Recognize symptoms of the condition
- Create a differential diagnosis for a postpartum fever and postpartum pelvic pain
- Construct an effective management plan
PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Postpartum Problems Series - Postpartum Hypertension
In this podcast, 4th-year medical student Mandy Litt from the University of Saskatchewan discusses
Postpartum Hypertension. After listening to this podcast, you should be able to:
• Describe the various forms of hypertension in pregnancy and the postpartum period
• Recognize the symptoms of this condition
• Create a differential diagnosis of postpartum hypertension
• Discuss the treatment options
PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode Postpartum Problems - Postpartum Hemorrhage NOTES
In this podcast, 4th-year medical student Mandy Litt from the University of Saskatchewan discusses
Postpartum Hemorrhage. After listening to this podcast, you should be able to:
• Describe the risk factors for postpartum hemorrhage
• Recognize the symptoms of this condition
• Create a differential diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage
• Construct an effective management plan and understand methods for prevention
PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode Postpartum Problems Series - Maternal Physiology
In this podcast, 4th-year medical student Mandy Litt from the University of Saskatchewan will review maternal physiology. After listening to this podcast, you should be able to:
• Understand the basic physiology that occurs during pregnancy and the postpartum period
• Be able to recognize medical issues that can arise during these periods of time
PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode Acute Limb Ischemia
Rebecca Afford is a 4th year medical student from the Northern Medical Program at UBC. This podcast has been created with help from Dr. Jonathan Misskey, vascular surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital.
The topic of today’s podcast will be acute limb ischemia.
- By the end of this podcast, the listener should be able to:
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- #1. Define the importance of recognizing and treating acute limb ischemia
- #2. Understand the pathophysiology and risk factors for acute limb ischemia
- #3. Identify key features on history and physical examination suggestive of acute limb ischemia
- #4. Create a differential diagnosis for acute limb ischemia
- #5. Understand the natural history of acute limb ischemia
- #6. Be aware of surgical and non-surgical options for the treatment of acute limb ischemia
- and finally, #7. Identify potential complications of reperfusing a limb
PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode Congenital Neck Masses
Alice Liu is a fourth year student at the University of British Columbia. Sarah Zahabi is a fourth year medical student at McGill University.
By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to:
- describe an approach to common congenital neck masses in children
- explain how the clinical presentation of common congenital neck masses relates to their embryologic origins
- outline the treatment of the most common congenital neck masses in children
PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Pulmonary Embolisms and Deep Vein Thrombosis
In this podcast Gaurang Joshi, a first year surgical resident at the University of Illinois in Chicago Metropolitian Group Hospitals, discusses Pulmonary Embolisms and Deep Vein Thrombosis.
After listening to this podcast you should be able to:
● Understand why the detection of PE is important
● Explain the pathophysiology of a PE
● Describe the clinical signs and presentation of a PE
● Recognize your Differential Diagnosis when suspecting a PE
● Know the treatment options
PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Acute Abdomen.
This week’s episode is brought to you by medical student, Megan Spafford from the University of Saskatchewan, who will be discussing how to approach and acute abdomen.
After listening to this podcast you should be able to:
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Define the term "acute abdomen "
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Review the clinical presentation and diagnostic approach to patients presenting with
acute abdominal pain
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Discuss critical aspects that may influence the management and timing of management
of patients with an acute abdomen.
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List the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain
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Develop an appropriate plan for the management of patients with acute abdominal pain
PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Trauma- Assessment and Resuscitation.
This weeks episode is brought to us by Jeyanth Inkaran a medical student at McMaster’s medical school. Jeyanth will discuss the neurosurgical wonder of intracranial vascular malformations
Learning objectives are as follows:
- What are the categories of vascular malformations and how do they typically present?
- What are the treatment options and potential consequences? How do you choose an ideal treatment?
- What imaging tools are useful for diagnosis?
PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Trauma- Assessment and Resuscitation.
This is the 2nd episode in a 2-part series on dealing with trauma. This episode is brought to you by Tiffany Paradis, a 4th year medical student at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Today we will discuss how to manage a patient who has undergone a trauma. In the last episode, we looked at initial assessment and resuscitation, and in this episode we'll look at the management of hemorrhage.
By the end of this podcast you should be able to:
- Identify the two types of hemorrhage
- Provide three methods to control external hemorrhage
- Define the FAST exam, why it is performed, and the regions examined
- List the six locations of life threatening bleeding
- Define the difference between exploratory and damage control laparotomy
PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Trauma- Assessment and Resuscitation.
This is the 1st episode in a 2-part series on dealing with trauma. This episode is brought to you by Tiffany Paradis, a 4th year medical student at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Today we will discuss how to manage a patient who has undergone a trauma. In this episode, we'll look at initial assessment and resuscitation, and in next week's episode we'll look at the management of hemorrhage.
By the end of this podcast you should be able to:
- List the four main types of shock
- Describe how hemorrhagic shock is classified
- Describe the steps to the primary survey
- List the three main classes of intravenous fluids
- What is the deadly triad
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