2011 exam Flashcards
Dog bites a child on the hand, what is the treatment?
amox-clav
if face then you need to do closure in layers, if its just on hands you can let it close on its own
patient with renal transplant, presents with fever, back pain and bilateral leg pain. What imaging should you get?
CT, always
what is the MOST specific sign of a aortic dissection on imaging?
widened mediastium
what are 5 signs of ruptured AAA on imagig?
1) widened mediastium over 6 cm
2) apical cap ( blood is where it shouldn’t be in the lung)
3) tracheal deviation to the right ( its usually on the left side of the body)
4) loss of the aortopulmonic window
5) depression of left mainstem bronchus ( because there is blood in the left apical lung cap so everything shifts down)
A domestic cat bites a child on the hand, what abx do you give?
amox clav
How do you treat an extraperitoneal bladder rupture?
foley always, as they are essentially asking about a urethral tear
-there are five types of bladder rupture the most common being extraperitoneal ruptuer ( aka concomitant with a pelvic fracture). Here you place a foley. If there is an intraperitoneal bladder rupture ( eg a full bladder is struck with force) then you need OR repair because the urine leaks into the abdomen.
chronic renal transplant rejection is mediated by?
host lymphocytes
A man has a laceration with gravel and grass in it. What is the most important first step?
irrigation
cyclosporine and tacrolimus mechanism of action is?
suppression of IL2
what this means is that the drug goes into the T cell cytoplasm and blocks the calcineurin pathway, which blocks IL2, which is needed for T cell proliferation
all facts about banked blood are true except
stored blood is ept at pH 6.98
this is false, the blood is stored at about 7.20 on day one and then from there it undergoes glycolysis and lactate acid builds up causing decreased in pH aka it gets acidic
pregnant patient gets a DVT- what SHOULDNT you do?
give her warfarin it causes fetal defects
a postoperative diabetic patient is solmnolent with pH 7.2, Na 145, C02 34.what is the diagnosis?
HHS coma
they are acidotic
Na is high because they are peeing out all their water/ dieuresis
C02
Patient is postoperative from ileal conduit, returns to ED with serosang discharge from upper part of the wound - what should you do?
i cant tell if this is ileum or a urinary coduit. either way, sending some labs seems reasonable, so send the fluid for Cr and Amylase
all true about PE except:
Raised CVP
raised Pc02
raised PCWP
raised PCWP
this is is a false statemetn
Congested pale flap, how do you treat?
leeches
In regards to smoking 8 weeks prior to surgery, all are true EXCEPT?
there seeems to be two answers here, iether decreased pulmonary complications
vs
decreased reactivity of airways
When do you consider thrombectomy for PE
patient has shock/ cardioresp compromise
so the answer is
a)patient with lobar PE and shock
patient has blood at the urethral meatus, what test do you do?
do a retrograde urethrogram by inserting a foley and put in some contrast