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What is the main nutrition source for colonocytes?
Short chain fatty acids - butyric acid
What is the main fuel source for small bowel?
Glutamine
What is the primary fuel source for neoplasticism cells?
Glutamine
What are the precursors for glyconeogenesis?
Alanine, lactate, pyruvate, glycerol
How does fat enter enterocyte?
Medium and short chains by simple diffusion
Long chain with micelle
Where does fat go after being absorbed from GI system?
Long chain go to lymphatics by thoracic duct
Medium and short chain go to portal system
What cell is the main source of histamine in blood?
Basophils
What cell is the main source of histamine in tissues?
Mast cells
What is the pathological cause of fever from atelectasis?
IL-1 released from alveolar macrophages
Which cells produce TNF?
Macrophages
Which cytokine causes fever?
IL-1
What is the strength layer in bowel?
Submucosa
What are the primary collagens in wound healing?
Type III - days 1-2
Type I - days 3-4. All type III collagen replaced by type I by 3 weeks
Which inhaled anesthetic is best for neurosurgery?
Isoflurane, lowers brain O2 consumption; no increase in ICP
Which paralytic undergoes Hoffman degradation?
Cisatracurium
What do you give for an elevated R time on a TEG?
FFP
What do you give for a decreased amplitude on a TEG?
If less than 48 mm give platelets
If 48-54 mm give desmopressin
What do you give for decreased alpha angle on a TEG
Give cryo until angle is greater than 45°
What do you give for a high LY 30 on a TEG
If greater than three percent give TXA
What test confirms hyperaldosteronism?
Salt load suppression test, urine aldosterone will be high
What is the aldosterone:renin ratio in hyperaldosteronism?
> 20
Where is the only place in the body that makes epinephrine?
Adrenal medulla
What is the treatment for unresectable adrenocortical carcinoma?
Mitotane
What is the hallmark symptom of Addisonian crisis
Hypotension unresponsive to pressors
What is the treatment for nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma?
XRT
What are the most common ectopic location for superior parathyroid glands?
Retroesophageal space, carotid sheath
When doing 3.5 parathyroid resection for hyperplasia which half do you respect and why?
Lateral half because artery comes in medially
At reoperation for missing parathyroid gland, what is most common location the missing gland is found?
Normal anatomic position
What is the cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism? What is the treatment?
Low Ca and high PTH due to renal failure. Ca supplementation
What is tertiary hyperparathyroidism and what is the treatment?
Continued high PTH after renal transplantation. Subtotal parathyroidectomy
What is leriche syndrome?
Buttock or thigh claudication due to lesion at aortic bifurcation or above
What is the cause of early <30 days failure of saphenous vein grafts?
Technical
What is the cause of intermediate (>30 days <2 years) failure of saphenous vein grafts?
Intimal hyperplasia
What is the cause of late saphenous vein graft failure (>2 years)?
Atherosclerosis
What is Kawasaki’s vasculitis? And what is the treatment?
Medium artery vasculitis. See aneurysm of coronaries. Tx: steroids and CABG
What is the most common cause of failure of AV grafts?
Venous obstruction due to intimal hyperplasia
What can you see on angiogram for Buerger’s disease
Cork screw collaterals with severe distal disease
What nerve if left undivided after vagotomy can cause persistent high acid levels?
Criminal nerve of grassi
Epiphrenic diverticulum is associated with what and what is the treatment?
Associated with esophageal motility disorders and treatment is diverticulectomy and myotomy