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Most Commons Flashcards

1
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MC type of Melanoma

A

Superficial spreading

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MC type of Breast Cancer

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infiltrating ductal

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3
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MC site of breast cancer

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upper outer quadrant

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MC Vessel involved with a. bleeding duodenal ulcer

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Gastroduodenal artery

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5
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MC cause of common bile duct obstruction

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choledocholithiasis

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MC cause of SBO in adults in United States

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Postoperative peritoneal adhesions

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7
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MC Cause of SBO in children

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hernias

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MC cause of Emergency Abdominal surgery in the United States

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Acute appendicitis

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MC electrolyte deficiency causing ileus

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Hypokalemia

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10
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MC cause of blood transfusion resulting in death

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Clerical error (wrong blood types)

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MC site of distant metastasis of sarcoma

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lungs (hematogenous spread)

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12
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MC position of anal fissure

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posterior

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13
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MC acute pancreatitis

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gallstones

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14
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MC chronic pancreatitis

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alcohol

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15
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MC cause of LBO

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colon cancer

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16
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MC cause of fever <48 hr Postop?

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atelectasis

17
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MC bacterial cause of UTI

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E.coli

18
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MC abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma

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liver

19
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MC benign tumor of the liver

A

hemangioma

20
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MC malignancy of the liver

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Metastasis

21
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MC pneumonia in the ICU

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Gram negative bacteria

22
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MC cause of epidural hematoma

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Middle Meningeal Artery injury

23
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MC cause of lower GIB

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upper GIB (?)

24
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MC cancer in females

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breast cancer

25
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MC cancer in males

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prostate cancer

26
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MC type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females

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LUNG cancer

27
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MC cause of free peritoneal air

A

perforated Peptic Ulcer Disease

28
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MC cause of death ages 1-44

A

Trauma

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