Most Commons Flashcards
MC type of Melanoma
Superficial spreading
MC type of Breast Cancer
infiltrating ductal
MC site of breast cancer
upper outer quadrant
MC Vessel involved with a. bleeding duodenal ulcer
Gastroduodenal artery
MC cause of common bile duct obstruction
choledocholithiasis
MC cause of SBO in adults in United States
Postoperative peritoneal adhesions
MC Cause of SBO in children
hernias
MC cause of Emergency Abdominal surgery in the United States
Acute appendicitis
MC electrolyte deficiency causing ileus
Hypokalemia
MC cause of blood transfusion resulting in death
Clerical error (wrong blood types)
MC site of distant metastasis of sarcoma
lungs (hematogenous spread)
MC position of anal fissure
posterior
MC acute pancreatitis
gallstones
MC chronic pancreatitis
alcohol
MC cause of LBO
colon cancer
MC cause of fever <48 hr Postop?
atelectasis
MC bacterial cause of UTI
E.coli
MC abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma
liver
MC benign tumor of the liver
hemangioma
MC malignancy of the liver
Metastasis
MC pneumonia in the ICU
Gram negative bacteria
MC cause of epidural hematoma
Middle Meningeal Artery injury
MC cause of lower GIB
upper GIB (?)
MC cancer in females
breast cancer
MC cancer in males
prostate cancer
MC type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females
LUNG cancer
MC cause of free peritoneal air
perforated Peptic Ulcer Disease
MC cause of death ages 1-44
Trauma
