EM Flashcards

1
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in women, pain in one of the lower quadrants

A
  • could be ruptured ectopic
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2
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mid-epigastric radiating to back

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  • pancreatitis
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3
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RUQ with radiation to back or right shoulder

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  • gallbladder disease, PID
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4
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RLQ radiating to right shoulder

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  • ectopic or appendicitis
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5
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LLQ radiating to left shoulder

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  • diverticultitis
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6
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pain that gets better when laying flat

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  • appendicitis
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7
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pain with movement

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  • irritation of parietal peritoneum
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8
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writhing on gurney

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  • kidney stones
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9
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aorta over 5-6 cm

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  • check for aneurysm
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10
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bacterial overgrowth with appendicitis

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  • Bacterioides fragilis and E. coli
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11
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black stones

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  • form primarily in gallbladder

- hemolysis induced

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12
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brown stones

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  • form in gallbladder and intrahepatic and extrahepatic ducts
  • formed in bile infected with enteric bacteria
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13
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leading cause of large bowel obstruction

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  • carcinoma
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signs of intussusception

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  • red current jelly stool, stool mixed with blood and mucus

- sausage shaped mass upon palpation of the abdomen

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15
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hallmark signs of hemorrhagic pancreatitis

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  • Cullens sign: umbilical ecchymosis

- Grey Turner’s sign: flank ecchymosis

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16
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hallmark sign of acute pancreatitis

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  • elevated amylase and lipase
17
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mesenteric ischemia

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  • lactic acid elevated in 91% of patients

- pain is disproportionate to abdominal findings

18
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distention

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  • large bowel obstruction

- sigmoid or cecal volvulus

19
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high pitched rushes

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  • small bowel obstructions
20
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pulsatile aorta

21
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occult blood

A
  • carcinoma

- GI bleed

22
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unequal femoral pulses

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  • aortic dissection
23
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diagnostic test for appendicitis

24
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cholecystitis symptoms

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  • pain that radiates to the back or below the right scapula
  • clay colored stools
  • fever
  • N/V
  • jaundice
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tests for cholecystitis
- CT and US
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symptoms of bowel obstruction
- severe pain that comes and goes - distention - vomiting - constipation if complete blockage - diarrhea if partially blocked
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Ogilvie syndrome
- colonic pseudo-obstruction | - massive gaseous distention of colon
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diagnostic test for diverticulitis
- CT | - avoid BE and colonoscopy as they can perforate the bowel
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perforated ulcer
- acute onset of severe epigastric pain | - chemical and bacterial peritonitis
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aortic dissection
- chest and upper back pain before migrating into the abdomen as the dissection moves distally
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acute intermittent porphyria
- suddenly experience symptom triad: weakness, psychosis, ab pain - may have seizures