Surgery

Question 1

What causes fever post-op Day 1?

Answer 1

Wind
- pneumonia
- atelectasis

Question 2

What causes fever post-op Day 3?

Answer 2

Water:
- UTIs

Question 3

What causes fever post-op Day 5?

Answer 3

Wound:
- Staph aureus

Question 4

What causes fever post-op Day 7?

Answer 4

Walk:
- DVT

Question 5

What causes fever post-op Day 10?

Answer 5

Abdominal abscesses

Question 6

What causes fever anytime?

Answer 6

H2 blockers
Antibiotics

Question 7

What do you check for in an unresponsive patient?

Answer 7

ABC
- Airway: call, listen for noise -> can patient talk?
- Breathing: listen to chest -> intubate
- Circulation: color and capillary refill

Question 8

What is an indirect inguinal hernia?

Answer 8

Goes through the inguinal canal into scrotum

Question 9

What is a direct inguinal hernia?

Answer 9

Goes directly through abdominal wall in Hesselbach’s triangle

Question 10

What is potency?

Answer 10

How long a drug will keep the patient knocked out

Question 11

What is minimum alveolar concentration?

Answer 11

Concentration needed to push the drug into the brain