Chapter 3: Surgical Most Commons Flashcards

1
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Type of melanoma?

A

Superficial spreading

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2
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Type of breast cancer?

A

Infiltrating ductal

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3
Q

Site of breast cancer?

A

Upper outer quadrant

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4
Q

Vessel involved with a bleeding duodenal ulcer?

A

Gastroduodenal artery

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5
Q

Cause of common bile duct obstruction?

A

Choledocholithiasis

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6
Q

Cause of small bowel obstruction (SBO) in adults in the United States?

A

Postoperative peritoneal adhesions

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7
Q

Cause of SBO in children?

A

Hernias

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8
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Cause of emergency abdominal surgery in the United States?

A

Acute appendicitis

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9
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Electrolyte deficiency causing ileus?

A

Hypokalemia

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10
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Cause of blood transfusion resulting in death?

A

Clerical error (wrong blood types)

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11
Q

Site of distant metastasis of sarcoma?

A

Lungs (hematogenous spread)

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12
Q

Position of anal fissure?

A

Posterior

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13
Q

Acute pancreatitis?

A

Gallstones

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14
Q

Chronic pancreatitis?

A

Alcohol

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15
Q

Cause of large bowel obstruction?

A

Colon cancer

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16
Q

Cause of fever <48 postoperative hours?

A

Atelectasis

17
Q

Bacterial cause of urinary tract infection (UTI)?

A

Escherichia coli

18
Q

Abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma?

A

Liver (not the spleen, as noted in recent studies!)

19
Q

Benign tumor of the liver?

A

Hemangioma

20
Q

Malignancy of the liver?

A

Metastasis

21
Q

Pneumonia in the ICU?

A

Gram-negative bacteria

22
Q

Cause of epidural hematoma?

A

Middle meningeal artery injury

23
Q

Cause of lower GI bleeding?

A

Upper GI bleeding

24
Q

Cancer in females?

A

Breast cancer

25
Cancer in males?
Prostate cancer
26
Type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females?
LUNG cancer
27
Cause of free peritoneal air?
Perforated peptic ulcer disease
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Cause of death ages 1 to 44?
TRAUMA