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Surgery Flashcards

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Achlorhydria

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absence of hydrocholric acid in the stomach

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Amaurosis fugax

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transient visual loss in one eye

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3
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Bovie

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Electrocautery

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Celiotomy

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surgical incision into the peritoneal cavity

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Curettage

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scraping of the internal surface of an organ or body cavity with a spoon shaped instrument

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Gastropexy

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surgical attachment of the stomach to the abdominal wall

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Inspissated

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thicken, hard

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Leiomyoma

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Benign tumor of smooth muscle

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Ballance’s sign

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constant dullness to percussion in LUQ and resonance to percussion in the right flank seen with splenic rupture

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Battle’s sign

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eccyhmosis over the mastoid process in the patients with basilar skull fractures

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Beck’s triad

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cardiac tamponade: JVD, decreased or muffled heart sounds, decreased blood pressure

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Bergmans’ triad

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fat emboli syndrome: mental status changes, petechiae, dyspnea

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Blumer’s shelf

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metastatic disease to rectouterine or rectovesical pouch creating a shelf that is palpable on rectle exam

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Boas’ sign

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right subscapular pain resulting from cholelithiasis

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Borchardt’s triad

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gastric volvulus: emesis followed by retching, epigastric distention, failure to pass an NGT

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Carcinoid triad

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carcinoid syndrome: flushing, diarrhea, right-sided HF

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Charcot’s triad

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cholangitis: fever, jaundice, RUQ pain

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Cushing’s triad

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increase intracranial pressure: hypertension, bradycardia, irregular respirations

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Dance’s sign

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empty RLQ in children with ileocecal intussusception

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Homan’s sign

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calf pain on forced dorsiflecion of the foor in pts with DVT

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Kehr’s sign

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severe left shoulder pain in pts with splenic rupture

22
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Kelly’s sign

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visible peristalsis of the ureter in response to squeezing or retraction- to identify ureter in surgery

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Meckel’s diverticulum rule of 2s

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2% of the pop have a Meckel’s diverticulum, 2% of those are symptomatic, and they occur within 2 feet of the ileocecal valve

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Pheochromocytoma symptoms triad

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PHE: palpitations, headache, episodic diaphoresis

25
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Raccoon eyes

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bilateral black eyes as a result of basilar skull fracture

26
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Reynold’s pentad

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Fever, jaundice, RUQ pain, mental status changes, shock: charcots + mental status change, shock

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Saint’s triad

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cholelithiasis, hiatel hernia, diverticular disease

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Virchow’s triad

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thrombosis: stasis, abnormal endothelium, hypercoagulability

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Valentino’s sign

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RLQ pain from a perforated peptic ulcer due to pus draining into the RLQ

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Whipple’s triad

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insulinoma: hypoglycemia, CNS and vasomotor symptoms, relief of symptoms with admin of glucose

31
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Model for end stage liver disease

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INR, Serum bilirubin and creatinine; average score for liver transplant pt is 26-33

32
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Wernicke’s encephalopathy triad

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Confusion, opthalmoplegia, ataxia

33
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Curling’s ulcer

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Peptic ulcer from severe burns

34
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Dieulafoy ulcer

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Gastric bleeding from AVM

35
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Aphthous ulcer

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Ulcer from crohn’s

36
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Marginal ulcer

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Ulcer at GI anastomoses

37
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Child’s Pugh score

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Ascites, bilirubin, encephalopathy, albumin, pt time

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Ranson criteria

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Age >55, WBC >16k, Glucose>200, AST>250, LDH>350; at 48 hrs Ca10%, PaO24, BUN>5 increase, sequestration >5L

39
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What does Ranson criteria predict?

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Mortality in acute pancreatitis pts, a score greater than 7 predicts 100% mortality

40
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Causes of cyanotic heart disease

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5 T’s: tetrology of fallot, truncus arteriosis, tricuspid atresia, transposition of great vessels, totally anomalous pulmonary venous return

41
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Most common benign heart lesion

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Myxoma

42
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Most common malignant heart lesion in children

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Rhamdomyosarcoma

43
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Odontoid fracture

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Type 1, type 2, type 3; tip of dens, base of dens, and through body of vertebrae

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