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1
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The thyroid gland weighs?

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20 grams

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Water constitutes _____ of total body weight.

ECF main cation?
ICF MAIN CAtion?

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50-60%

sodium
Potassium

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Formula for total fluid requirement

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maintenance fluid + ongoing losses + state of hydration

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Guidance for a referral to a BURN CENTER

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Ptb > 10% TBSA
Burns involving face hands feet genitalia perineum, major joints
3rd degree burns
Electrical / chemical burns
Inhalation injury
Burn + co morbidities
Burns + trauma
No qualified personnel to handle burns (children)
Need for special social emotional rehabilitation

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5
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CO poisoning treatment

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100% oxygenation is gold standard

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6
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Largest salivary gland?

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Parotid gland

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7
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Normal ANION GAP

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<12mmol/L

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8
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Na and Cl content of PNSS?

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154 + 154

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9
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Electrolyte content of lactated ringer?

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NA 130
Cl 109
K 4
Ca 28
Lactate 28mEq
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10
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How do you compute for maintenance fluid requirements?

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A+B+C

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11
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Approximately how much body water is lost in severe dhn?

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11-15%

Mild-2-5%
Mod- 6-10%

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12
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Compute for anion gap

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Anion gap = Na - (Cl+HCO3)

Cation - anions

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13
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Causes of NAGMA

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H yperalimentation
A cetazolimide
R enal tubular acidosis
D iarrhea
U reteroenteric fistula
P ancreaticoduodenal fistula
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14
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Causes of HAGMA

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M ethanol
U remia
D iabetic ketoacidosis
P araldehyde
I infection, iron and isoniazid
L actic acidosis
E thylene glycol
S alicylates
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15
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What is the target of decrease in sodium concentration in hypernatremic patients? In excess of this value, patients may lead to?

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1 mEq/l/h

Overcorrection may lead to cerebral edema and HERNIATION

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16
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What level of Hypernatremia will a patient be symptomatic?

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At >160mEq/l

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17
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Symptomatic hypernatremic is given what kind of saline solution? Target of increase is?

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3% nomal saline to increase sodium at 1mEq/l/h until 130 mEq or symptoms had improve

In asymptomatic patients : 0.5 mEq/l/h

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18
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What measures are applied for patients with high peaked T WAVES and a K level of > 5mEq/l?

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HyPerkalemia - In ⬆️K say BING!!!

Kayexalate

B icarbonate infusion
I nsulin infusion
N ebulize with Salbutamol
G lucose

Calcium gluconate for with ecg changes

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19
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Critical level for serum calcium

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15mEq/l

NV : 8.5-10-5

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20
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Hypocalcemia refractory to treatment?

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Treat hypomagnesemia first!

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21
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Patient asked if her weight loss is significant. How will you answer this?

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1wk - 2% of BW
1m- 5% of BW
3m- 7.5%of BW
6m- 10% of BW

More than these values are considered severe weight loss

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22
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Normal BMI

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18.5 - 24.9

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23
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This refers to the minimum caloric requirements at rest

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BASAL ENERGY EXPENDITURE (BEE)

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24
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Burn patients need how many grams of of protein per kg/day? Calories?

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  1. 5 protein

2. 0 calories

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25
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What is the source of energy in short term fasting?

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Lipids

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26
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What is the source of energy in prolonged fasting?

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Ketone bodies as principal source by 24 days but becomes important fuel source for the brain by day 2

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27
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TPN can provide how much nutrition requirements?

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1500-2800 mOsm/L

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28
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How much bowels can one resect before it leads to short bowel syndrome?

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More than 50%

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29
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Most important contraindication in TPN?

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Functional GI tract

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30
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Patient in prolonged TPN, presenting with scaly hyperpigmented lesions. Dx? Etiology?

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Enterohepatic acrodermatitis secondary to ZINC deficiency

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31
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Patient in TPN presents with dry, sclay dermatitis and alopecia. What is deficient in this patient?

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Fatty acids

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32
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What is a common vitamin deficiency in refeeding syndrome?

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Thiamine deficiency

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33
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Malnourished patient presented with cardiac arrhythmias after initiation of feeding and lethargy

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Refeeding syndrome -

Give first 50% of requirement on the first week to prevent this

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34
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How many hours after injury is a wound considered tetanus prone?

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More than 6 hours

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35
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Components of a pancoast syndrome

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Lung mass impinging on the stellate sympathetic ganglion presenting with horner’s triad

P -tosis
A -nhidrosis
M -iosis

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36
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Maneuver done to clamp the portal triad used for hemostasis in hepatic surgery?

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Pringle maneuver

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37
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Treatment for burn causing METABOLIC ACIDOSIS

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Mefenide Acetate

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38
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Treatment for burn causing neutropenia

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Silver sulfadiazine

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39
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Treatment for burns causing hyponatremia, methemoglobinema and black staining?

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Silver nitrate

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40
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Fistula with external opening is anterior to the anal margin will have?

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A short radial tract to the anterior midline

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41
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A fistula with an external opening more than 3 cm anterior to the anal margin will have?

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A tract to the posterior margin

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42
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A fistula that has an external opening posterior to the anal margin will have?

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A curvilinear tract to the posterior margin

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43
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Type of hiatal hernia with both cardia and fundus herniate?

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Type III

Type IV - intestines herniate!!!

44
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Type of hiatal hernia with the cardia of the stomach herniates?

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Type I or sliding hernia

45
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Type of hiatal hernia where the fundus of the stomach herniate?

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Rolling hernia or type II

46
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How many hours prior to transplant can the liver be preserved? The kidneys?

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Liver -16 hours

Kidneys - 36-40 hours

47
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Poupart’s ligament derived from?

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External oblique

48
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Osteonecrosis of the proximal femoral epiphysis of the pediatric hip and is thought to be due to vascular compromise

A

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease or COX PLANA

49
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Orthopedic conditions related to neuropathic arthropathy that affect diabetics and alcoholics?

A

Charcot joints

50
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Indications for repair of aortic aneurysms

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  1. Symptomatic
  2. Asymptomatic
    - >5.5 cm ascending
    - >6.5 cm descending
    - >5.5 cm abdominal aortic aneurysm
    - rate of >1cm for thoracic and >0.5cm for abdominal aortic per year
    - >5 cm in the setting of a connective tissue disorder
51
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Strongest layer of the bowel wall

52
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Strongest layer of aorta

A

Tunica media

53
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Segment of the colon that is most prone to rupture and least prone to obstruction?

54
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Part if the colon that is most mobile and thus is most prone to volvulus?

A

Sigmoid colon

55
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Narrowest part of the colon and is most prone to obstruction

56
Q

Thyroglossal duct cysts are most commonly located ?

A

In the midline at the level of the hyoid

57
Q

Viral infection related to the development of nasopharyngeal CA

A

Epstein Barr virus

58
Q

Major component of extracellular matrix in skin

A

Type I collagen

59
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Major cell responsible for wound contraction

A

Myofibroblasts

60
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SIRS CRITERIA

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2 or more of the ff

Temp - >=38 or 90
RR >20 OR ON MECH VENT
WBC => 12000 or <4000

61
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Most common location for congenital diaphragmatic hernia

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Left posterolateral

62
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Symptoms of CHIARI I MALFORMATIONS

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Usually asymptomatic but if with symptoms it includes headache, neck pain, and numbness and weakness of the extremities

63
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Patient presented with caudal displacement of the lower brain stem

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Chiari II malformation

64
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Patient presented with cerebellar tonsil displacement

65
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Patient presented with crampy abdominal pain that waxes and wanes, constipation and nausea and vomiting. What would you likely find in ur PE?

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PE will likely reveal an abdominal distention and high pitched bowel sounds and rushes and tinkles and tympani on percussion.

66
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Patient presented with crampy abdominal pain that waxes and wanes, constipation and nausea and vomiting. What would you likely find in an abdominal xray?

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Multiple air fluid levels with dilated loops of small bowel, paucity of air in the colon and no air in the rectum

67
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Patient presented with crampy abdominal pain that waxes and wanes, constipation and nausea and vomiting. What is your impression?

A

Mechanical intestinal obstruction

68
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Patient presented with recurrent peptic ulcer with fasting gastrin level of 1000. What is ur dx?

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Zollinger -Ellison syndrome

  • caused by non islet tumor that produces gastrin
  • malignant tumors
69
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Most common site of gastrinomas

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Pancreas at the gastrinoma triangle

70
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Boundaries of the gastrinoma triangle or Passaro’s triangle

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Junction of :
cystic and common bile ducts
Body and tail of PANCREAS
2nd and third parts of duodenum

71
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What is paraphimosis?

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Inability to reduce the foreskin after it has been retracted

72
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Cantrell pentalogy components

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CODES

CARDIAC ANOMALIES
OMPHALOCELE
Diaphragmatic hernia (Anterior)
Ectopia cordis
Sternal cleft
73
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Approach to treatment with BARRETT’s esophagus

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Barrett with NO DYSPLASIA - surveillance every year
Barrett with LOW GRADE DYSPLASIA - surveillance every 6months
Barrett with HIGH GRADE DYSPLASIA- refer for ESOPHAGECTOMY

74
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Absolute contraindications for breast conservative surgery

A

3Ps MD

Pregnancy
Prior RT
Positive margins 
Multicentric
Diffuse micro calcification
75
Q

Confirmatory test to dx ACHALASIA

76
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Basal caloric requirement of a normal healthy individual

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25-30 kcal/kg/day

77
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Single most important test in the evaluation of thyroid nodules

78
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Severe abdominal pain with normal PE

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Abd pain out of proportion to PE findings is the HALLMARK OF MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA

79
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Most common presentation of Meckel’s diverticulum in adults?

A

Intestinal obstruction

80
Q

Most common abnormality of hemostasis in surgical patients?

A

Thrombocytopenia

81
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Risk of perforation of acute appendicitis?

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25% in the first 24 hours from onset of sx then 50% by 36 hours and 75% by 48 hours

82
Q

Most common appendicial tumor

A

Carcinoid tumor

83
Q

Six Ps of acute limb ischemia?

A 
Pallor
Pain
Pulselessness
Paresthesia
Paralysis
Poikilothermia
84
Q

Most common location of an insulinoma?

A

Evenly distributed throughout the pancreas

85
Q

Most common location of a glucagonoma?

A

Pancreatic tail

86
Q

Most common cause of fever in the first 48 hours post operatively?

A

Atelectasis

87
Q

What sedative medication has a caloric value?

A

Propofol delivers 1kcal/cc in the form of lipid

88
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What electrolyte abnormalities are expected in refeeding syndrome?

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Decreased levels of K, Mg and phosphate

89
Q

Most common congenital bleeding disorder

A

von Willberand’s disease

- characterized by mucocutaneous disorder associated with Factor 8 deficiency

90
Q

Interleukin related to eosinophil proliferation and airway inflammation

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IL -5 secreted by mast cells and basophils

91
Q

Most common indication for intubation?

A

Altered mental status

92
Q

The goal MAP of surviving sepsis guidelines

93
Q

The most common form of Basal cell carcinoma?

A

Nodular form

94
Q

Basal cell carcinoma presents more often as?

A

Bleeding, ulceration and itching

It arises from the BASAL LAYER OF NON KERATINOCYTES and accounts for 75% of all skin cancers

95
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NPCA will classically spread to what level of neck lymph nodes?

A

Level 5 or posterior triangle LDs

96
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HERNIATION involving a Meckel’s diverticulum is also known as

A

LITTRE’S hernia

97
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Epidural hematoma occurs due to a bleed in the?

A

Middle meningeal artery

Its an extra axial bleed that appears convex and presents with lucid interval most commonly related to trauma

98
Q

Subdural hematoma occurs due to a bleed in?

A

Bridging veins in the dural venous sinuses

99
Q

Which bones of the orbital wall will be involved in a blowout fracture?

A

Orbital plate of the maxilla

100
Q

Most common cause of proptosis in children?

A

Orbital cellulitis

101
Q

Adequate urine output monitoring in adults is? In children? In infants?

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Adults -0.5 cc/kg/hr
Children -1cc/kg /hr
Infants - 2cc/kg/hr

102
Q

MRND TYPE 1 PRESERVES?

A

Spinal accessory nerve

Removed: LN I-V, SCM, IJV and submandibular gland

103
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MRND 2 PRESERVES?

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Spinal accessory nerve and SCM

Removes: LN 1-5 and Internal jugular vein

104
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MRND TYPE 3 PRESERVES?

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SAN, SCM, and IJV

LN1-5 and submandibular gland is excised

105
Q

Triangle of CALOT

A

Inferior border of the liver
Common hepatic duct
Cystic duct

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