Crit Care 5: Pages 87-89

Question 1

8 acute abdomen emergencies ( 7 if male)

Answer 1

1. Acute cholecystitis and cholangitis
2. Bowel obstruction
3. Acute appendicitis
4. Peptic ulcer perforation
5. Acute mesenteric ischemia
6. Toxic megacolon
7. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
8. Ectopic pregnancy with tubal rupture

Question 2

Fat emboli triad

Answer 2

1. respiratory insufficiency
2. neurologic dysfunction
3. petechial rash

Question 3

Coma definition

Answer 3

Absent cortical function of the CNS with intact brainstem function

Question 4

Anoxic Brain Injury Imaging Findings

Answer 4

edema and loss of grey-white matter demarcation

Question 5

Prognosis for patients with anoxic brain injury is often not immediately apparent, and patients require supportive care for ___ to ___ days or longer before the extent of injury can be understood well enough to be declared irreversible.

Answer 5

3-5

Question 6

Treatment and prognosis for fat emboli syndrome

Answer 6

Treatment is supportive, and most patients recover spontaneously and completely, although mortality can be as high as 5% to 20%.