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100 surgical vignettes - surgical recall Flashcards

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elderly female, SBO, and air in biliary tract

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gallstone ileus

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elderly female with pain down inner aspect of thigh

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obturator hernia (Howship-Romberg sign)

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abdominal pain, hypotension, and abdominal pulsatile mass

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ruptured AAA

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abdominal pain “ out of proportion’ to abdominal exam

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mesenteric ischemia

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5
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arm pain and syncope with arm movement

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subclavian steal syndrome

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increasing creatinine on ACEi

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Renal artery stenosis

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child with MIDLINE neck mass

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thyroglossal duct cyst

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child with LATERAL neck mass

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Branchial cleft cyst

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crush injury and dark urine

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myoglobinuria

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emesis, chest pain radiating to back, and mediastinal air

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Boerhaave’s

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Lower GI bleed + technectium pertechnetate scan

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Meckel’s diverticulum

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Flushing, diarrhea, and right-sided heart failure

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carcinoid

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13
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pneumaturia and LLQ pain

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colovesical fistula

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Desmoid tumor, osteoma, and colon cancer

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Gardner’s syndrome

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Epigastric pain radiating to back and flank ecchymosis

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Hemorrhagic pancreatitis

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pancreatitis and palpable epigastric mass

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pancreatic pseudocyst

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Liver abscess with “anchovy paste’

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Amebic abscess

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18
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RUQ pain, travel, and exposure to sheep

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Hydatid cyst

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Caput medusae

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portal HTN, cirrhosis

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45yo F with RUQ pain for 12 hrs, fever and leukocytosis

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acute cholecystitis

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elderly male with large nontender palpable gallbladder

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pancreatic cancer (Courvoisier’s sign)

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Female taking birth control pills with liver mass

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hepatic adenoma

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23
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liver tumor with “central scar”

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focal nodular hyperplasia

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pancreatic mass, gallstones, DM, diarrhea

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somatostatinoma

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25
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RUQ bruit and CHF in young adult

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liver hemangioma

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26
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excruciating pain with bowel movement

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anal fissue

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27
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abdominal pain, diarrhea, and anal fistulae

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Crohn’s disease

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28
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EKG with “peaked” T waves

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Hyperkalemia

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29
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Buccal Mucosa with pigmentation

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Peutz- Jeghers syndrome

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30
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LLQ pain, fever, and change in bowel habits

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diverticulitis

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31
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elevated urine 5-HIAA

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carcinoid

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32
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institutionalized, abdominal pain, vomiting, and distention, with proximal colonic dilation

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sigmoid volvulus

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Infant with projectile vomiting

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pyloric stenosis

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34
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newborn with failure to pass meconium in first 24 hours

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Hirschsprung’s disease

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35
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infant with bilious vomiting

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malrotation

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36
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Newborn with abdominal defect and umbilical cord on sac

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omphalocele

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37
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teenager with knee pain and ‘onion skinning’ on x-ray

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Ewing’s sarcoma

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38
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pulmonary capillary wedge pressure <18, CXR with B/L pulmonary infiltrates and PaO2: FiO2 ratio <300

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ARDS

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39
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Increased peak airway pressure, low urine output, and urinary bladder>25mmHg

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abdominal compartment syndrome

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40
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Newborn with inability to “pass an NGT”

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esophageal atresia

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41
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Traumatic blinding in one eye followed bby blindness in the contralateral eye 2 weeks later

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Sympathetic ophthalmia

42
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miotic pupil, ptosis, and anhidrosis

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Horner’s syndrome

43
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Traumatic head injury, conscious in ER followed by unconsciousness, tearing of middle meningeal artery/branches, does not cross suture lines

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Epidural hematoma (lucid interval)

44
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“worst headache of my life”

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

45
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head trauma, crescent like CT scan, tearing of bridging veins, crosses the suture lines

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subdural hematoma

46
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hematuria, flank pain, and abdominal mass (palpable)

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renal cell carcinoma

47
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60 yo white male with painless hematuria

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bladder cancer

48
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RUQ pain, jaundice and fever

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cholangitis

49
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epigastric pain radiating to back with N/V

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pancreatitis

50
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“tearing” chest pain radiating to back

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aortic dissection

51
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40 yo male with tachycardia/HTN and confusion on postoperative day #2

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alcohol withdrawal

52
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pheochromocytomas, medullary thyroid cancer, Marfanoid body habitus, mucosal neuromas

53
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psammoma bodies

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papillary thyroid cancer, papillary serous sporadic cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary, mesothelioma, meningioma

54
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yellow sulfur granules, orofacial abscesses, abdominal abscess, possibly PID in women with IUD

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Actinomyces

55
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Thyroid tumor with AMYLOID tissue

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medullary thyroid cancer

56
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palpable neck tumor and hypercalcemia

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parathyroid cancer

57
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HTN, diaphoresis (episodic) and palpitations

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pheochromocytoma

58
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HTN, elevated liver enzymes, low-platelets, preeclampsia

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HELLP syndrome

59
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jejunal ulcers

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

60
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pituitary tumor, pancreatic tumor (gastrinoma), and parathyroid tumor

61
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necrotizing migratory erythema

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Glucagonoma

62
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medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma and hyperparathyroidism

63
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hypoklaemia refractory to IV potassium supplementation

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Hypomagnesemia

64
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Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)

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newborn with pneumatosis

65
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child with abdominal mass that CROSSES midline

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Neuroblastoma

66
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Child <4 yo with abdominal tumor that does NOT cross midline

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Wilm’s tumor

67
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“currant jelly” stools and abdominal colic

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intussusception

68
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femur (long-bone) fracture, respiratory failure, petechiae, and mental status changes

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fat embolism

69
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hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo

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Meniere’s disease

70
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adolescent boy with nasal obstruction and recurrent epistaxis

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juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma

71
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child <5 yo sitting upright and drooling with “hot potato” voice, no HIB vax

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epiglottitis

72
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angina, syncope, and CHF

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aortic stenosis

73
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tobacco use, asbestos exposure, and pleuritic chest pain

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mesothelioma

74
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supracondylar fracture and contracture of forearm flexors

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Volkmann’s contracture

75
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tibia fracture, “pain out of proportion’, pain on passive foot movement, and palpable pulses

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compartment syndrome

76
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25 yo male with liver mass with fibrous septae and no history of cirrhosis or hepatitis

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fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma

77
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EKG with flattening of T waves and U waves

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hypokalemia

78
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Central pontine myelinolysis

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too-rapid correction of hyponatremia

79
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polydipsia, polyuria, and constipation

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Hypercalcemia

80
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Factor VIII deficiency

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Hemophilia A

81
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Abdominal pain, fever, hypotension, HYPERkalemia, and HYPOnatremia

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adrenal insufficiency (Addisonian crisis)

82
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massive urine output and HYPERnatremia

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Diabetes insipidus

83
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increased urine osmolality, HYPOnatremia, and low serum osmolality

84
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IV antibiotics, fever, diarrhea

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C.diff pseudomembranous colitis

85
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bleeding gums and wound dehiscence

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central line infection

86
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appendectomy followed by fever and abdominal pain on postoperative day #7

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peritoneal abscess

87
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advancing crepitus, fever, and blood blisters

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necrotizing fasciitis

88
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high Intraoperative fever

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malignant hyperthermia

89
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confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia

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Wernicke’s encephalopathy

90
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tracheal deviation, decreased breath sounds and hyperresonance

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Tension pneumothorax

91
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Hypotension, decreased heart sounds, and JVD

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pericardial tamponade

92
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Four ribs broken in two places and pulmonary contusion

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flail chest

93
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Otorrhea (clear) and Battle’s sign

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Basilar skull fracture

94
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Ulcer and decreased pain with food

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Duodenal ulcer

95
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vomiting, retching, and epigastric pain

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mallory-weiss tear

96
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Fever on post-operative day #1, with “bronze” weeping, tender wound

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clostridial wound

97
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hematochezia and tenesmus

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rectal cancer

98
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upper GI bleed, jaundice, and RUQ pain

99
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gallstones, epigastric pain radiating to back, and nausea

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gallstone pancreatitis

100
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18 yo F with blood nipple discharge

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ductal papilloma

101
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irritability, diaphoresis, weakness, tremulousness, and palpitations

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Insulinoma

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