SR Chapter 3: Surgical Most Commons Flashcards
Most common: indication for surgery with Crohn’s disease?
SBO
Most common: type of melanoma
Superficial spreading
Most common: type of BRCA
Infiltrating ductal
Most common: site of BRCA
UOQ
Most common: vessel involved with a bleeding duodenal ulcer
Gastroduodenal artery
Most common: cause of CBD obstruction?
Choledocholithiasis
Most common: cause of cholangitis
CBD obstruction 2/2 choledocholithiasis
Most common: cause of pancreatitis
EtOH
Most common: bacteria in stool
B. frag (Bacteroides fragilis)
Most common: cause of SBO in adults in US
Post-operative peritonal adhesions
Most common: cause of emergency surgery in US
Acute appendicitis
Most common: cause of SBO in children
Hernias
Most common: site of GI carcinoids
Appendix
Most common: AXR findings in SBO
AF levels
Most common: electrolyte deficiency causing ileus
Hypokalemia
Most common: cause of transfusion hemolysis
Clerical error
Most common: cause of blood transfusion resulting in dealth
Clerical error
Most common: site of distant mets of sarcoma
Lung
Most common: cause of shock in a surgical patient
Hypovolemia
Most common: cause of large bowel obstruction
Colon cancer
Most common: type of colonic volvulus
Sigmoid volvulus
Most common: cause of fever
Atelectasis
Most common: cause of bacterial UTI
E. coli
Most common: CXR finding in patient with traumatic thoracic aortic injury
Widened mediastinum
