Ace The Pediatric Surgery Exam

Fluid management is a critical aspect of patient care, especially in the inpatient medical setting. What makes fluid management both challenging an ...

Most patients who present for evaluation of a foreign body in the esophagus do so after accidental ingestion of a known object, and the patient has ...

Pulmonary sequestration is a condition in which a segment or lobe of dysplastic lung tissue exists with no communication with the rest of the ...

The hymen is a thin membrane of stratified squamous epithelium circumscribing the vaginal introitus. When the hymen does not spontaneously rupture ...

Appendicitis is an acute inflammatory process involving the appendix. It is the number one surgical emergency and one of the most common causes of ...

Waddell’s triad represents an emergency for pediatric patients due to the high incidence of injuries associated with a femur fracture.

Gastric volvulus is a rare, clinical event that occurs in both adults and pediatric patients. In 1886, Berti was the first to describe a gastric vo ...

A central venous line (CVL) is a large-bore central venous catheter that is placed using a sterile technique (unless an urgent clinical scenario pr ...

Bowel adhesions are irregular bands of scar tissue that form between two structures that are normally not bound together. The bands of tissue ...

Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), one of the congenital lung diseases discussed under the umbrella term ‘congenital thoracic m ...

The medial meniscus is a crescent-shaped, cartilaginous band found between the medial tibia and medial femur. The primary function is to decrease t ...

Hemangiomas, also known as hemangiomas of infancy or infantile hemangiomas (IH), are the most common benign tumor of infancy

Gonadal dysgenesis is the name given to any of a multitude of conditions that can cause impaired development of the gonads, i.e., the testes or ova ...

Intussusception is a condition in which part of the intestine folds into the section next to it. Intussusception usually involves the sma ...

Tetanus is a disease that mainly affects the central and peripheral nervous systems. The clinical features of tetanus and relationship to wounds an ...

An umbilical hernia is a ventral hernia located at or near the umbilicus. The European Hernia Society classification for abdominal wall hernias def ...

The creation of the first blood gas apparatus can be attributed to John Severinghaus, Leland Clark, and multiple other inventors with their re ...

Trauma is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients under 35-years of age and the sixth leading cause of death worldwide. The majori ...