Surgery Morning Report: Beyond the Pearls is a case-based reference that covers the key material included on the USMLE Step 2 and Step 3, as well as the surgery clerkship. Focusing on the practical information you need to know, it teaches how to analyze a clinical vignette in the style of a morning report conference, sharpening your clinical decision-making skills and helping you formulate an evidence-based approach to realistic patient scenarios.
Each case has been carefully chosen and covers scenarios and questions frequently encountered on the Surgery boards, shelf exams, and clinical practice, integrating both basic science and clinical pearls.
Beyond the Pearls tips and secrets (all evidence-based with references) provide deep coverage of core material.
Morning Report / Grand Rounds format begins with the chief complaints to the labs, relevant images, and includes a pearl at the end of the case. Questions are placed throughout the case to mimic practical decision making both in the hospital and on the board exam.
Written and edited by experienced teachers and clinicians; each case has been reviewed by board certified attending/practicing physicians. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Williams, Surgery Morning Report: Beyond the Pearls Section 1: General Principles 1. Medical Student and Resident Survival at Morning Report 2. Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Patient Care 3. Surgical Techniques 4. Radiology: Basic Methods and Modalities Section 2: Abdominal Pain 5. Case 1: Right Lower Quadrant Pain in a 28-Year-Old Female 6. Case 2: Right Upper Quadrant Pain in a 44-Year-Old Female 7. Case 3: Epigastric Pain in a 47-Year-Old Male 8. Case 4: Left Lower Quadrant Pain in a 67-Year-Old Female 9. Case 5: Groin Mass in a 48-Year-Old Male 10. Case 6: Abdominal Pain and Diarrhea in a 43-Year-Old Female 11. Case 7: Abdominal Pain and Distension in a 63-Year-Old Male 12. Case 8: Free Air in a 72-Year-Old Female Section 3: Gastrointestinal Surgery 13. Case 9: Reflux in a 67-Year-Old Male 14. Case 10: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a 58-Year-Old Female 15. Case 11: Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a 71-Year-Old Male 16. Case 12: Morbid Obesity in a 29-Year-Old Female 17. Case 13: Anorectal Pain in a 45-Year-Old Male Section 4: Surgical Oncology 18. Case 14: Breast Mass in a 32-Year-Old Female 19. Case 15: Abnormal Screening Mammogram in a 48-Year-Old Female 20. Case 16: Pigmented Skin Lesion in a 58-Year-Old Female 21. Case 17: Dysphagia in a 62-Year-Old Male 22. Case 18: Thyroid Nodule in a 48-Year-Old Female 23. Case 19: Hypercalcemia in a 56-Year-Old Female 24. Case 20: Lateral Neck Mass in a 67-Year-Old Male 25. Case 21: Thigh Mass in a 35-Year-Old Male 26. Case 22: Jaundice in a 63-Year-Old Female 27. Case 23: Splenomegaly in a 40-Year-Old Female Section 5: Vascular Surgery 28. Case 24: Leg Pain in a 55-Year-Old Male 29. Case 25: Leg Swelling in a 66-Year-Old Female 30. Case 26: Transient Vision Loss in a 74-Year-Old Female 31. Case 27: Pulsatile Abdominal Mass in a 62-Year-Old Male Section 6: Trauma 32. Case 28: The Trauma Patient: an Introduction 33. Case 29: Fall from Standing in an 88-Year-Old Female 34. Case 30: Stab Wound to the Neck in a 33-Year-Old Male 35. Case 31: Gunshot Wound to the Chest in a 23-Year-Old Male 36. Case 32: Bicycle Accident Involving a 37-Year-Old Male 37. Case 33: Penetrating Injury to Right Upper Quadrant 38. Case 34: Blow to the Abdomen in a 19-Year-Old Male Football Player 39. Case 35: Fall from Height Involving a 64-Year-Old Female Section 7: Cardiothoracic Surgery 40. Case 36: Mediastinal Mass in a 61-Year-Old Male 41. Case 37: Solitary Pulmonary Nodule in a 65-Year-Old Female 42. Case 38: Shortness of Breath in a 78-Year-Old Female 43. Case 39: Unstable Angina in a 67-Year-Old Male Section 8: Critical Care 44. Case 40: Lethargy after Bowel Resection in a 55-Year-Old Ma44n 45. Case 41: Acidosis in an Intubated 45-Year-Old Male 46. Case 42: Chest Pain Radiating to the Back in a 52-Year-Old Male 47. Case 43: Third-Degree Burns in a 22-Year-Old Female 48. Case 44: Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection in a 57-Year-Old Male Section 9: Transplant Surgery 49. Case 45: Cirrhosis in a 45-Year-Old Male 50. Case 46: End-Stage Renal Disease in a 46-Year-Old Female Section 10: Pediatric Surgery 51. Cae 47: Jaundice in a 1-Month-Old Male 52. Case 48: Abdominal Wall Defect in a Newborn Female 53. Case 49: Hypoxemia and Labored Breathing in a Newborn Male 54. Case 50: Bilious Vomiting in a 1-Week-Old Male 55. Case 51: Abdominal Pain, Vomiting, and Fever in a 3-Year-Old Female
Raj Dasgupta is Raj Dasgupta is assistant professor of clinical medicine, division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine and is the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship and the assistant program director of Internal Medicine residency program. He actively teaches USMLE Step 1, 2, 3, and Internal Medicine Board Review around the world for the past 15 years through Kaplan and other organizations and institutions. He has appeared on various media outlets and television shows such as The Doctors, KTLA and Larry King Now.
