surgery Flashcards
What percent partial-thickness burn transfer to burn center?
10%
Which vaccine to prophylax to all burn patients?
Tetanus
Tx acute phase of adrenal crisis is treated with?
IV saline and hydrocortisone
Which test to monitor prostate cancer progression?
PSA
When to do CABG vs PCI in LAD stenosis?
70%+ and EF less than 50%
Amount of sodium in urine in prerenal azotemia?
Very low
Treatment of choice in a diabetic with two or three vessel disease
CABG (not PCI)
Vague epigastric pain, jaundice resulting from biliary obstruction due, presence of a palpable non-tender gallbladder (Courvoisier’s sign) indicates what?
Pancreatic cancer
Barrett’s esophagus causes…?
esophageal adenocarcinoma
Test for Hirschsprung disease?
rectal biopsy
Best tumor marker in epithelial ovarian cancer?
Ca-125
Trousseau’s sign is associated with
hypocalcemia
Patients are not able to make glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, or sex hormones which result in hypotension, hyperpigmentation (from an increase in the ACTH and MSH hormones) and are hyponatremic.
Addisson’s disease
The most common hallmark of all kinds of intestinal obstructions?
Abdominal distention
What’s Dressler’s syndrome?
Pericarditis and pleuritis several days to weeks following an MI
