SURGERY Flashcards

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BLUNT TRAUMA PELVIS / FRACTURE
40 MPH
SOB
PE:
PELVIC TENDERNESS ANTERIOR*

BLUNT TRAUMA TO CHEST R/O RIB FRACTURE CARDIAC CONTUSION, STERNAL FRACTURE.
BLUNT TRAUMA TO PELVIS R/O FRACTURE OR PERFORATED VISCUS.

AIRWAY
BREATHING
CIRCULATION
DISABILITY
EXPOSURE/ENVIRONMENT CONTROL
A

IDP:

X RAY CERVICAL SPINE C7
CXR SUPINE
PELVIC X RAY
CBC
TYPE AND CROSSMATCH AND PLATELETS
EKG
SERUM LYTES AND AMYLASE
BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL
PULSE OXYMETER
NASOGASTRIC TUBE AND FOLEY CATHETER UNLESS BLOOD IN URETHRAL MEATUS URETHRAL OPENING SEND URINALYSIS
ADMIT 
NPO
OBSERVE
CARDIAC MONITORING
POSSIBLE  TEE TO R/O PERIC EFFUSION 
EKG ARRYTHMIAS  MCC CONTUSION CARDIAC
UA 
HEAD CT SCN IF AMS
ABD PELVIS CT SCANWITH ORAL AND IV CONTRAST

FU:
SERIAL CBC SERIAL ABD/MENTAL STATUS EXAM
SERIAL EXAMINATION
WBC+FEVER, PERITONEAL SIGNS OR HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY&raquo_space; LAPAROTOMY

ORTHOPEDIC CONSULT

DO CT SCAN OR PERITONEAL LAVAGE TO ALL UNSTABLE BEFORE HEAD OR LIMB SURGERY BECAUSE DURING ANESTHESIA YOU CAN NOT

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AIRWAY

A

GLASGOW<8 ET INTUBATION

CLEAR OROPHARYNX FOR SECRETIONS
JAW THRUST
REMOVE DENTURES OR LOOSE TEETH

INMEDIATE AIRWAY IS CRYCOTHYROIDOTOMY
DEFINITIVE IS TRACHEOTOMY BUT ELECTIVE

CRICOTHYROIDOTOMY IS CONTRAINDICATED IN LESS THAN 12 YEARS
DO NEEDLE CRICOTHYROIDOSTOMY AND PULSE O2 ALLOWS 20-40 MIN IN MID FACE FRACTURES THEN TRACHEOTOMY

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RUQ PAIN*

+JAUNDICE FEVER : ECRP DECOMPRESS
+LOW BP AND AMS: ERCP DECOMPRESS

RESUCITATE: IVF + ABX

FOLLOWED BY LAP OR OPEN CHOLE ON SAME ADMISSION

DZ X

PANCREATITIS
CHOLANGITIS
PUD
APPY
ECTOPIC / OVARIAN CYST
A

IM:

CBC
RUQ US THICK WALL*
HIDA SCAN
ADMIT

FWU:

LYTES AMYLASE/LIPASE
FLAT AND UP RIGHT AXR
UA
U BHCG

FM:

NPO
IVF
ABX
48 HRS EVALUATION
RESOLUTION {?}
LAP CHOLE 6-8 WKS vs URGENT LAP OR OPEN CHOLE
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ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA

POS MI -A.FIB* - WARF WITHDRAWAL

EMBOLUS
THROMBOTIC (LESS LIKELY)
GOUT

NO DOPPLER STUDIES IN TIME SENSITIVE CASES
ARTERIOGRAPHY IS IN TH OR

NO ARTERIOGRAPHY IN ALL NEW CASES AS ARE NO SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY

A

IWU:

EKG: A.FIB
CXR

FM:

HEPARIN
LEFT ARTERIOGRAM*
EMBOLECTOMY

FU:
RE PERFUSION INJURY
TIME SENSITIVE 6 HRS IRREVERSIBLE ISCHEMIA
PULSE PE
BUN CREA
SERUM K P Ca UAc
COMPARTIMENT SYNDROME FREE RADICALS
MYOGLOBULINURIA AKI RHABDO
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LOW OCCLUSION COLON*

DZ X

OGILVIE
VOLVULUS
DIVERTICULITIS
CANCER

FUNCTIONAL- OGILVIE
CORRECT LYTES TRY UNDERLYING PATH
COLONOSCOPY DECOMPRESSION
NEOSTIGMINE
RESECTION LAST  RESORT
DUKES
B MUSCULAR ST II 
C STAGE III LAD 
D M1 
STAGES
III-IV CHEMO ADJUVANT
A

IWU:

CBC
LYTES
FLAT AND UPRIGHT AXR*

WATER SOLUBLE BARIUM? MASS DESCENDING
SIGMOIDOSCOPY
COLONOSCOPY

RESUSCITATE
IVF
RIGHT EXTENDED COLECTOMY ILEO COLONIC PRIMARY ANASTOMOSIS
OR PROXIMAL DIVERTING LOOP AND SECOND TIME RESECTION

FU CRC:

CEA / LFT EVERY 3 MOS/ FIRST YR
COLONOSCOPY AND CXR / YR
PET SCAN AND CT SCAN IF CEA LEVELS RAISES

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ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS

A

IM:

ABD CT SCAN* FAT RING
IV ABX
IVF
BOWEL REST

BETTER{?}

NO:
HARTMANN
REVERT 6-8 WK HARTMAN PROCEDURE

SI:
COLONOSCOPY* 4 WK LATER
POSITIVE 4 CANCER
RESECTION IN 6 WKS
NO MUCOSAL LESION:
SIGMOID RESECTION ELECTIVE
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ABD. PAIN CONSTIPATION VOMITING

INCOMPLTE SBO

DZ X

FUNCTIONAL ILEUS: NON SURGICAL MEANS DECOMPRESS IVF HYDARTE, NPO AND K+ LYTE ISSUE
CHOLECYSTITIS PANCREATITIS
HERNIA INCARCERATED
ADHESION'S
GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION
A

IWU:

CBC
LYTES
AMYLASE / LIPASE
FLAT AND UP RIGHT AXR SERIES*

FM:

NPO
IVF + LYTES
NGT
KUB LATERAL VIEW*

GAS RECTUM?
INCOMPLETE 72 HRS EXPECTANT MGMT&raquo_space; RESUSCITATE &raquo_space; 75 % SELF LIMITED

COMPLETE: RESUSCITATE &raquo_space; LAPAROTOMY

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IRREGULAR HEART BEAT AND SEVER ABD. PAIN

ACUTE EMBOLUS MSA
PERF. VISCUS
PANCREATITIS
MESENTHERIC ISCHEMIA
APPENDICITIS
PANCREATITIS
DIVERTICULITIS

PH: MI PAD ETC
CHRONIC MSA VARIANT: MESENTERIC ANGINA
TREAT ELECTIVELY BY PASS IT

ABD. VENOUS THROMBOSIS
THROMBOLFILIAS

TEST FOR:
C S PROTEIN DEF FACTOR V LEYDEN MUTATION,
ANTITHROMBINA III DEFICIENCY

A
IWU:
CBC
LYTES
AMYLASE
AXR FLAT - UP RIGHT ACUTE SERIES
CXR
ABD CT SCAN

FM:
EMERGENT MESENTHERIC ANGIOGRAPHY*
IV HEPARIN
IMMEDIATE EMBOLECTOMY AND / OR RESECTION

FU:
SECOND LOOK
LONG TERM ANTICOAGULANT IF ARRHYTHMIA

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SUDDEN ONSET OF PAIN IN THE GROIN REGION
LIE TRANSVERSE ABSENT CREMASTERIC REFLEX*

TIME SENSITIVE DO NOT DOOPLER !!!
JUST EXPLORE ACUTE SCROTUM*
DZ X

SPERMATIC CORD TORSION
INCARCERATED HERNIA
TUMOR HEMORRHAGE
EPIDIDIMITIS
ORCHITIS
A

IWU:

CBC
UA
AXR
IMMEDIATE SURGICAL DETORSION
SURGERY PEDIATRIC CONSULT*

PREOP NPO…
COAG INR
BLOOD TYPE & CROSS

FM:
BILATERAL EXPLORATION VIA RAPHE MEDIO
BILATERAL ORCHIDOPEXIA

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HE IS BEEN STABBED!

LOCAL WOUND EXPLORATION OF THE STAB W/ LIDOCAINE WOUND TRACT

FASCIA OPEN: EXPLORE
FASCIA INTACT: W & W

GENERAL RULES
HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY OR PERITONITIS OR EVISCERATION EXPLORE ALWAYS
CT SCAN OR PERITONEAL LAVAGE
RBC > 10,000 X FIELD

BLUNT
STABLE DO CT SCAN LAVAGE
UNSTABLE DO FAST
EXPLORE

A

IWU:

CBC
TYPE &amp; CROSS
IVA
FOLEY
CXR
AXR

FM:

LOCAL EXPLORATION OF THE STAB WOUND TRACT
CT SCAN OF THE ABDOMEN AND THE PELVIS

FM:

IMMEDIATE OPERATIVE EXPLORATION
ANTIBIOTICS

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COLONIC VOLVULUS

MASS
OGILVIE
SBO HERNIA
MESENTHERIC ISCHEMIA

A

IWU:

CBC
UA
LYTES

AXR FLAT UPRIGHT OMEGA SIGN*
FM:
ADMITTED 
NPO
IVA 
SURGERY CONSULT
RECTAL TUBE  DECOMPRESS
TX:

RSMCOPY TO 18 CM BIRD’S BEAK
WATER SOLUBLE ENEMA: IDEM
RECTAL TUBE THROUGH THE SIGMOIDOSCOPE TO THE TWIST*
FU:

ELECTIVE SIGMOID RESECTION O SAME ADMISSION
IF PERITONEAL SIGNS: EMERGENT HARTMAN PROCEDURE.

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BOERHAVE

DZ X

ASPIRATION PNEUMONITIS
SPONTANEPOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
ESPHAGEAL SPASM
MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA

A

IWU:

CBC
LYTES
EKG
CXR* 4 EFFUSION L DISTAL RIGHT ABOVE AZYGOS
FLAT UPRIGHT ABD. RX

FWU:

UPPER GI W/ WATER SOLUBLE* BARIUM IF NEEDED
CT SCAN: AIR FLUID LEVEL MEDIASTINUM

FM:
IVA
NSS
INMEDIATE OPERATIVE REPAIR - DIVERSION
IV ABX
DRAIN PLEURAL SPACE - LEFT DISTAL THIRD MMF

TIME SENSITIVE CASE

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DIABETIC FOOT ULCER
POSSIBLE FORIENG BODY
JOINT SPACE INFECTION

DZ X ULCERS
PAD/DM/VENOUS
TIP-TOES/PLANTAR/MEDIAL MALLEOLAR

A

IWU:

CBC
ESR*
LYTES
X RAY FOOT PERIOSTIAL CHANGE* =  OMYELITIS
MRI 
FM:
DEBRIDEMENT DRAINAGE AND CULTURE
AMPUTATION OF THE GREAT TOE 
IV ABX
GLUCOSE/INSULIN CONTROL
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PULSATILE ABD MASS*

AAA

CLASSICAL

> 5 OR SYMPTOMATIC = ELECTIVE REPAIR
<5 = ABD US* e/ 6 MOS
RUPTURED= REPAIR

A

IWU:

CBC
LYES
EKG
CXR
AXR

FWU:
CT SCAN W/ IV CONTRAST ABD PELVIS*

FM:
CARDIOPULMONARY ASSESSMENT
ELECTIVE AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR

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15
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36 YO BLOOD* COMING UP FROM MY NIPPLE

DZ X

PAPILLOMA
ECTASIA
CARCINOMA
TRAUMA

A

IM:

DUCTOGRAM*
MMX
EXCISION OF THE DUCT 10 % ARE MALIGNANT

EXCISION BX* BENIGN INTRADUCTAL PAPILLOMA

FU:

NO FURTHER MGMT NEEDED
SELF BREAST AND YEARLY MMX

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Q

DCIS

LCIS
CLOSE SURVEILLANCE
INCIDENTAL FINDING

A

IM:

MMX*
NEEDLE LOCALIZATION OR STEREO TACTIC BX*
MRM OR BR CONSERV
ADJUV RT

FM:
GEN TX CONSIDERATIONS:
HER 2 TRASTUZUMAB
ER+PR+ HORMONAL MANIPULATION
BR CONSERV = RT ADJUVANTE
QT: HG TUM / >1CM OR N+
\+4 NODES: HIGH DOSE QT - ABM TRASPLANT
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Q

DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CA
GOITER
ADENOMA

MEDULAR SIPPLE OR IIb vs SPORADIC
MEDULLAR TOTAL ALWAYS MULTICENTRICO
FAMILIAR RET MUTATION SCREENING
CALCITONIN FU MEDULAR

A

IWU
HIGH YIELD*

TSH*
>1CM*
NEEDLE BX R/ PAPILLARY CA
< 1 CM*
TSH NORMAL OR HIGH BX ALWAYS: COLD
TSH LOW: BENIGN : WARM >> W&amp;W

FM

TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY VS < 1 CM POST ISTHMICA

FU:

POP I 131 FULL BODY STAGING 
STOP LEVOTHYROX
GG I 131 4-6 MOS AFTER 
I 131 ABLATION  >> OF RESIDUAL DISEASE
THYROGLOBULIN

PE HENNT: M1
LIFELONG T4 REPLACEMENT - TSH SUPPRESSION DOSE

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Q

HARD TIME SWALLOWING

CANCER
PEPTIC GERD STRICTURE
DIVERTICULA
ACHALASIA
DIFFUSE SPASM
A

IWU:

CBC
UPPER GI SERIES
CXR

FWU:
ENDOSCOPIC US
ESPHAGOSCOPY WITH BX
CARDIOPULMONARY ASSESSMENT - PFT - EF
CT SCAN OF THE CHEST

SURGICAL RESECTION TRANSHIATAL OR TRANS THORACIC APPROACH

19
Q

RUQ PAIN
EXTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS
BILIARY -PANCREATIC CONFLUENT

PALLIATION = ERCP STENT= LIVER M1

A

IWU:

LFT
ABD US RUQ*
CT IV CONTRAST ABD
POSS BX TISSUE
ERCP STENT-  ENDO PROTHESIS*
CA 19 -9

FM:
SURGERY CONSULT
ENDO US DOPPLER SMA - PORTAL - N - EVALUATION
PREOP

TX:
PANCREATODUDENECTOMY
WHIPPLE

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Q

56 YO BLOOD TOILET PAPER

DZ X

R/O CRC*

A

IM:

CBC
OFFICE SIGMOIDOSCOPY* LARGE INT HEMORRHOIDS

BARIUM AIR ENEMA OR COLONOSCOPY

TX:
SITZ BATH
STOOL SOFTENER
SUPPOSITORIES
HIGH-FIBER DIET

G III- IV
RUBBER INTERNAL
EXCISED EXTERNAL - BELLOW DENTATE PAIN

21
Q

FATIGUE DIARRHEA - CONSTIPATION

A

IWU:
CBC HB 9.5 MCV 72
COLONOSCOPY- BX

FM:
STAGING
CT ABD LFT
CXR
PREOP

SURGERY CONSULT
SURGICAL RESECTION-ADJUVANT QT