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Surgical Most Commons Chapter3 P35-38 Flashcards

1
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What is the most common: Indication for surgery with Crohn’s disease?
P35

A

Small bowel obstruction (SBO)

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2
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Type of melanoma?

P35

A

Superficial spreading

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3
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Type of breast cancer?

P35

A

Infiltrating ductal

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4
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Site of breast cancer?

P36

A

Upper outer quadrant

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5
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Vessel involved with a bleeding duodenal ulcer?

P36

A

Gastroduodenal artery

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6
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Cause of common bile duct obstruction?

P36

A

Choledocholithiasis

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7
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Cause of cholangitis?

P36

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Bile duct obstruction resulting from choledocholithiasis

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Cause of pancreatitis?

P36

A

EtOH

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Bacteria in stool?

P36

A

Bacteroides fragilis (“B. frag”)

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Cause of SBO in adults in the United States?

P36

A

Postop peritoneal adhesions

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Cause of SBO in children?

P36

A

Hernias

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12
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Cause of emergency abdominal surgery in the United States?

P36

A

Acute appendicitis

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13
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Site of GI carcinoids?

P36

A

Appendix

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14
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Abdominal x-ray (AXR) finding with SBO?

P36

A

Air-fluid levels

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15
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Electrolyte deficiency causing ileus?

P36

A

Hypokalemia

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16
Q

Cause of transfusion hemolysis?

P36

A

Clerical error

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17
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Cause of blood transfusion resulting in death?

P36

A

Clerical error (wrong blood types)

18
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Site of distant metastasis of sarcoma?

P36

19
Q

Cause of shock in a surgical patient?

P36

A

Hypovolemia

20
Q

Position of anal fissure?

P36

21
Q

Cause of large bowel obstruction?

P37

A

Colon cancer

22
Q

Type of colonic volvulus?

P37

A

Sigmoid volvulus

23
Q

Cause of fever

A

Atelectasis

24
Q

Bacterial cause of urinary tract infection (UTI)?

P37

A

Escherichia coli

25
Q

Chest x-ray (CXR) finding with traumatic thoracic
aortic injury?
P37

A

Widened mediastinum

26
Q

Abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma?

P37

A

Liver (not the spleen, as noted in recent studies!)

27
Q

Abdominal organ injured in penetrating abdominal trauma?

P37

A

Small bowel

28
Q

Benign tumor of the liver?

P37

A

Hemangioma

29
Q

Malignancy of the liver?

P37

A

Metastasis

30
Q

Pneumonia in the ICU?

P37

A

Gram-negative bacteria

31
Q

Cause of epidural hematoma?

P37

A

Middle meningeal artery injury

32
Q

Cause of lower GI bleeding?

P37

A

Upper GI bleeding

33
Q

Hernia?

P37

A

Inguinal hernia (right more than left)

34
Q

Cause of esophageal perforation?

P37

A

Iatrogenic instrumentation (e.g., EGD)

35
Q

Cancer in females?

P37

A

Lung cancer

36
Q

Cancer in males?

P37

A

Prostate cancer

37
Q

Type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females?

P38

A

LUNG cancer

38
Q

Cause of free peritoneal air?

P38

A

Perforated PUD

39
Q

Symptom with gastric cancer?

P38

A

Weight loss

40
Q

Site of colon cancer hematogenous metastasis?

P38

41
Q

Cause of death ages 1–44?

P38

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