Perioperative care. Medical record. Fluids and electrolytes. Shock. Blood component therapy. Nutrition. Preoperative preparation. Anesthesia. Cardiopulmonary monitoring. Wound healing, care and complications. Surgical infections. The diabetic patient. Thromboembolic prophylaxis and management of deep venous thrombosis. Universal precautions. Specialised protocols in surgery. Trauma. Orthopaedic emergencies. Burn care. Acute abdomen. Gynecologic causes of acute abdomen. The surgical abdomen during pregnancy. Gl bleeding. Intestinal obstruction. Neurosurgical emergencies. Malignant skin lesions. Head and neck malignancy. Diseases of the breast. Thyroid. Parathyroid. The adrenal gland. Appendicitis. Colitis and enteric infections. Gynecologic oncology. Cirrhosis. The pancreas. The diabetic foot. Abdominal aortic aneurysm. Urologic surgery. Cardiac surgery. Renal transplantation. Procedures. Management of the airway. Gl intubation. Diagnostic peritoneal lavage. Rapid references.