Surgery Flashcards

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What causes fever post op day 3?

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Water: UTIS

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What causes fever post-op Day 1?

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Wind: Pneumonia, atelectasia

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What causes fever post-op day 5?

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Wound: staph aureus

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What causes fever post op day 7

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Walk: DVT

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What causes fever post-op day 10?

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Abdominal abscesses

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What causes fever anytime?

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H2 blockers, antibiotics

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What do you check for in an unresponsive patient?

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“ABC”
Airway: call, listen for noise-> can pt talk?
Breathing: listen to chest -> intubate
Ccirculation: color and capillary refill

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What is an indirect inguinal hernia?

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Goes trough the inguinal canal into scrotum

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What is a. Direct inguinal hernia?

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Goes directly through abdominal wall in hesselbachs triangle

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What is potency?

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How long a drug will keep the patient knocked out

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What is minimum alveolar concentration?

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Concentration needed to push the drug into the brain

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