ABSITE Study Schedule
ABSITE Study Schedule – updated daily with additional topics from ABSITE books
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[Topics taken from the index of The ABSITE REVIEW]
ASR = The Absite Review, 2nd edition
Review these materials when you are on these services.
BEFORE RESIDENCY AND REVIEW FOR ALL SERVICES
COMMON INTERNAL MEDICINE TOPICS
- Hypercholesterolemia
– Lipid lower agents [ASR 21]
— Cholestyramine [ASR 21
--- HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (-statin drugs) [ASR 21]
— Niacin [ASR 21]
- GI drugs [ASR 21]
– Promethazine (Phenergan) [ASR 21]
– Metoclopramide (Reglan) [ASR 21]
– Ondansetron (Zofran) [ASR 21]
– Omeprazole [ASR 21]
- Hematology
- Acquired hypercoagulability [ASR 7]
- Acquired thrombocytopenia [ASR 6]
- Activated clotting time (ACT) [ASR 5]
- Blood Products
- ABO blood type antigens [ASR p.2]
- Infection
- Abdominal abscess [ASR 14]
- Antibiotics
- Antibiotics for Acinebacter [ASR 20]
- Antivirals
- Acyclovir [ASR 20]
- Medicines and Pharmacology
- ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitors [ASR 22]
- Acetylcholine [ASR 200]
- Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) [ASR 6, poisoning 22]
- Adenosine [ASR 22]
- Anesthesia
- Alfentani [ASR 24t, 25]
- Fluids and Electrolytes
- Nutrition
- Alanin [ASR 35]
- Wound Healing
- Surgical Technology
- Preoperative care
- Postoperative care
- Abdominal surgery, fluid loss [ASR 28]
- Acid-base balance [ASR 30]
- Acidosis [ASR 75]
- Alkalosis [ASR 75]
- Integrated topics
- Albumin [ASR 10,21,33,52]
- Toxicology
- Alcohol withdrawal [ASR 77]
LESS COMMON INTERNAL MEDICINE TOPICS
- Gout [ASR 21]
– Colchicine [ASR 21]
– Indomethacin [ASR 21]
– Allopurinol [ASR 21]
– Probenecid [ASR 21]
GENERAL SURGERY SERVICE + SOME SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
- Gastrointestinal Hormones
- Stomach
- Gastrectomy
- Afferent-loop obstruction [ASR 180]
- Alkaline reflux gastritis [ASR 179]
- Spleen
- Accessory spleen [ASR 209]
- Appendix
- Appendix carcinoid [ASR 218]
– Appendectomy [ASR 218]
– Right colectomy [ASR 218]
- Small bowel
- Small bowel abscess [ASR 219]
- Small bowel adenocarcinoma [ASR 219]
- Small bowel adenoma [ASR 219]
- Small bowel carcinoid [ASR 218]
– Carcinoid [ASR 218]
— Serotonin [ASR 218]
— Kuchitsky cells [ASR 218]
— Enterochromaffin cell [ASR 218]
— Argentaffin cell [ASR 218]
— APUD [ASR 218]
— 5-HIAA [ASR 218]
— Tryptophan [ASR 218]
— Niacin deficiency and pellagra [ASR 218]
— Bradykinin [ASR 218]
- Carcinoid syndrome [ASR 218]
– Octreotide scan [ASR 218]
– Octreotide [ASR 218]
– Streptozocin and 5FU [ASR 218]
- Bronchospasm [ASR 218]
– Aprotinin [ASR 218]
- Flushing [ASR 218]
– alpha-blockers (Phenothiazine) [ASR 218]
- Pentagastricn [ASR 218]
- Hernias [ASR 247-248]
- Infections
- Abdominal abscess [ASR 14]
HEPATO-PANCRETICO-BILIARY SERVICE
- Liver
- Amebic abscess [ASR 188]
- Echinococcal abscess [ASR 188]
- Hepatic abscess [ASR 188]
- Pyogenic abscess [ASR 188]
- Schistosomiasis [ASR 188]
- Hepatic adenoma [ASR 188]
- Pancreas
- Pancreatic adenocarcinoma [ASR 205-206]
- Acinar cells [ASR 199]
- Biliary system
- Adenomyomatosis [ASR 197]
- Gallbladder adenocarcinoma [ASR 194-195]
- Acalculous cholcystitis [ASR 193]
COLORECTAL SERVICE
- Colorectal
- Tubular adenoma [ASR 223]
- Villous adenoma [ASR 223]
- Colorectal polyps [ASR 177]
- Crohn’s disease [ASR 217]
- Abdominoperineal resection (APR) [ASR 229]
- Anal and Rectal
- Infections
- Anorectal abscess [ASR 240]
- Actinomyces; large bowel [ASR 16, 234]
- Anal adenocarcinoma [ASR 243]
TRAUMA SERVICE
- Trauma
- Abdominal trauma [ASR p.54-55]
- Shock
- Abdominal compartment syndrome [ASR p.55]
- Acromioclavicular separation [ASR 265]
SURGICAL ICU AND MEDICAL ICU
- Critical care
- Anesthesiology
- Blood gases
- Mechanical ventilation
- Shock
- Sepsis
- Activated protein C (Xigris) [ASR 22]
- Air emboli [ASR 73]
BURN SERVICE
- Burns
- Plastic, skin, and soft tissues
- Acid burns [ASR 80]
- Alkali burns [ASR 80]
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY SERVICE
- Oncology
- Acral lentiginous melanoma [ASR 83]
- Actinic keratosis [ASR 87]
- Alkylating agents [ASR 38]
TRANSPLANT SERVICE
- Transplantation
- Immunology and Cytokines
- Rejection
- Accelerated rejection [ASR 42]
ENDOCRINE SERVICE
- Pituitary
- Pituitary adenoma [ASR 262]
- Adenohypophysis [ASR 95]
- Acromegaly [ASR 95-96]
- Adrenal
- Adrenal glands [ASR 97]
- Adrenal hyperplasia [ASR 100]
- Adrenal adenoma [ASR 100]
- Adrenocortical adenoma [ASR 100]
- Adrenal insufficiency [ASR 99; shock 72]
- Adrenocortical carcinoma [ASR 100]
- Adrenal disorders [ASR 97-101]
- Adrenal cortex [ASR 98-100]
- Adrenal medulla [ASR 100-101]
- Adrenal mass lesions [ASR 98]
- Adrenalectomy [ASR 100]
- Ectopic ACH [ASR 100]
- Addison’s disease [ASR 99]
- Thyroid
- Thyroid adenoma [ASR 105]
- Parathyroid
- Parathyroid adenoma [ASR 109]
BREAST SERVICE
- Breast
- Infections
- Breast abscess [ASR 112]
- Metaplastic breast adenocarcinoma [ASR 121]
- Breast adenoid cystic carcinoma [ASR 121]
- Chemotherapy
- Adriamycin [ASR 122]
CARDIOTHORACIC SERVICE
- Thoracic
- Achalasia [ASR 162]
- Arway fires [ASR 130]
- Cardiac
- Eosphagus
- Esophageal adenocarcinoma [ASR 164]
- Infections
- Lung abscess [ASR 128]
- Bronchial adenoma [ASR 127]
VASCULAR SERVICE
- Vascular
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) [ASR 143-144]
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Access grafts [ASR 155]
- Adson’s test [ASR 151]
- Advantitial cystic disease [ASR 150]
PEDIATRIC SURGERY
SUBSPECIALTY SERVICE
- Otolaryngology/ENT [Head and Neck]
- Head and neck abscesses [ASR 93]
- Acoustic neuroma [ASR 92,262]
- Salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma [ASR 91]
- Salivary gland adenoma [ASR 91]
- Urology
- Gynecology
- Abortion [ASR p.253]
- Tuboovarian abscess [ASR 257]
- Adnexal torsion [ASR 257]
- Neurosurgery
- Orthopaedics
- Plastic surgery
REVIEW BEFORE THE ABSITE
- Cell Biology
- Actin [ASR 4]
- Acute phase response proteins [ASR 48]
- Statistics
- Accuracy [ASR 285]
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