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 abscess

Question 6

What causes fever any time?

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 pt talk?
Breathing: listen to chest —> intubate
Circulation: color and capillary refill

Question 8

What is an Indirect inguinal hernia?

Answer 8

Goes through 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 the drug will keep the patient sedated

Question 11

What is minimum alveolar concentration?

Answer 11

Concentration needed to push drug into the brain