Most Commons Flashcards by Louis Andres

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Indication for surgery with Crohn’s disease

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Small bowel obstruction (SBO)

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Type of melanoma

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Superficial spreading

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Breast cancer

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Infiltrating ductal

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Site of breast cancer

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Upper outer quadrant

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Vessel involved with a bleeding duodenal ulcer

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Gastroduodenal artery

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Cause of common bile duct obstruction

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Choledocholithiasis

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Cause of cholangitis

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Bile duct obstruction (choledocholithiasis)

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Cause of pancreatitis

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EtOH

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Bacteria in stool

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Bacteroides fragilis

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Cause of SBO in adults in the US

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Postop peritoneal adhesions

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Cause of SBO in children

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Hernias

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Cause of emergency abdominal surgery in the US

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Acute appendicitis

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Site of GI carcinoids

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Appendix

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Abdominal x-ray finding with SBO

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Air-fluid levels

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Electrolyte deficiency causing ileus

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Hypokalemia

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Cause of transfusion hemolysis

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Clerical error

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Cause of blood transfusion resulting in death

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Clerical error (wrong blood types)

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Site of distant metastasis of sarcoma

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Lungs

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Cause of shock in a surgical patient

A

Hypovolemia

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Position of anal fissure

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Posterior

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Cause of large bowel obstruction

A

Colon cancer

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Type of colonic volvulus

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Sigmoid volvulus

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Cause of fever

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Atelectasis

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Bacterial cause of UTI

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Escherichia coli

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CXR finding with traumatic thoracic aortic injury

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Widened mediastinum

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Abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma

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

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Abdominal organ injured in penetrating abdominal trauma

A

Small bowel

Q

Benign tumor of the liver?

A

Hemangioma

Q

Malignancy of the liver?

A

Metastasis

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Pneumonia in the ICU

A

Gram-negative bacteria

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Cause of epidural hematoma

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Middle meningeal artery injury

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Cause of lower GI bleeding

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Upper GI bleeding

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Hernia

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Inguinal (R>L)

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Cause of esophageal perforation

A

Iatrogenic instrumentation (eg.EGD)

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Cancer in females

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Breast cancer

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Cancer in males

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Prostate cancer

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Type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females

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Lung cancer

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Cause of free peritoneal air

A

Perforated PUD

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Symptom with gastric cancer

A

Weight loss

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Site of colon cancer hematogenous metastasis

A

Liver

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Cause of death ages 1-44

A

Trauma

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Acute pancreatitis?

A

Gallstones

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Chronic pancreatitis?

A

Alcohol

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Cranial nerve injured in blunt trauma

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