Sept 2023 Flashcards
What is the side effect of Atracurium?
Histamine Release
What is the major side effect of succinylcholine?
Malignant hyperthermia and hyperkalemia and increased intraocular pressure
What is the side effect of etomidate?
Adrenal suppression
What is the main adverse effect of pancuronium?
Tachycardia
How do you manage an insulin pump during major surgery?
Start an IV insulin infusion and titration every hour at least
What is the most common cause of mortality after a blood transfusion?
TRALI
How do you treat an undifferentiated spindle cell tumor of the bone?
Neoadjuvant chemo and wide local excision
Mucinous cystic neoplasm found in pancreas. What do you do?
Resect.
If benign, no surveillance needed.
If malignant, biannual CT/MRI surveillance for recurrence.
In the setting of severe pna, can you get a tracheal aspirate for culture?
No, likely upper airway contamination. Need bronch with BAL.
What is a beta error and how do you prevent it?
Failing to reject the null when it is false- increase sample size.
What factors make up the grade of a soft tissue sarcoma?
Tumor differentiation, tumor mitosis activity, cellular atypia, and necrosis
All affect prognosis. So does location to fascia, size, lymph node involvement
In an APR what structure guides the perineal part of the resection?
The coccyx
What is a grade 3 pancreatic injury?
Distal pancreatic injury with duct injury or transection
Needed liver remnant percentage?
40% if cirrhosis
30% if fibrosis or chemo liver injury
20% if otherwise healthy liver
What is the definition of respiratory quotient?
CO2 produced/O2 consumed
What resuscitation does a boy need who has pyloric stenosis?
1.5 times maintenance based on kg
New onset afib post op - what do you do? (Pt stable)
Rate control with beta blockers
What is the most common gas forming organism in a wound infection?
Clostridium
What do you do for an iatrogenic perforation in a lady with achalasia?
If stable, do primary repair, contralateral myotomy, and wrap to buttress repair
What lung function tests do you need prior to lung resection?
FEV1, DLCO, %postop FEV1, %postop total lung capacity via VQ scan
What if conservative measures fail for chylous ascites?
Intranodal lymphangiography with embolization
Triple negative breast cancer in a person who has BRCA 1 or 2. What additional therapy is needed?
PARP inhibitor
What is the order of fastest to slowest for restoration of motility after surgery?
Small bowel first then stomach then colon
Describe the anatomy of the vagus nerves in the abdomen.
Right becomes posterior giving criminal nerve of grassi and goes to celiac plexus
Left becomes anterior gives rise to hepatic branch and innervates the pylorus via nerve of Latarjet
How do you reduce gallstones in patients with short gut?
Any enteral feeding helps produce CCK to prevent gallstones
What FEV1 is needed for a lobectomy and a pneumonectomy?
What next if too low?
> 1.5 for lobectomy
2.0 for pneumonectomy
If too low, do a VQ scan
If you have less than desirable FEV1 for a lobectomy/pneumonectomy, what what post op predicted FEV1 on a VQ scan would take you to surgery?
Post op predicted FEV1 > 40% and predicted post op total lung capacity >40%
This is >800 mL
If still not adequate, what do you test next?
If you have inadequate FEV1 and post op predicted FEV1 and total lung capacity for a lobectomy/pneumonectomy, what VO2 max do you need on exercise testing to proceed with surgery?
> 15 mL/kg/min
How much protein should renal failure patients get in TPN?
Less bc they can’t clear excess nitrogen which is a neurotoxin.
1.2-1.5 g/kg/d
If conservative measures have failed and you have a persistent chyle leak what is the next step?
Intranodal lymphangiography with embolization
MRI if that fails to identify the leak
If BRCA positive and has triple negative cancer, what additional drug
A PARP called Olarib for 1 year
What dose of hydrocortisone is equivalent to 5mg of prednisone?
20 mg of hydrocortisone
When has a wound achieved it’s max tensile strength?
8 weeks
Most appropriate treatment of a parastatal hernia?
Lap sugarbaker.
Melanoma with clinically negative nodes and the sentinel lymph node is positive for cancer. Next step?
US of node basin every 3 months
You take out a testicle with a mass and get a stage 1 seminoma. What is the next step and treatment?
Next step is tumor markers, if positive needs chemo but if negative can do surveillance or radiation.
Where does iodine-131 iodobenztlguanidine accumulate and what disease process does it localize?
Adrenal, pheochromocytoma
Imaging test of choice for a colovesical fistula?
CT with oral or rectal contrast (no IV)
Do passive rewarding techniques transfer heat energy?
No