Surgical Most Commons Chapter3 P35-38

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Small bowel obstruction (SBO)

Question 2

Type of melanoma?

P35

Answer 2

Superficial spreading

Question 3

Type of breast cancer?

P35

Answer 3

Infiltrating ductal

Question 4

Site of breast cancer?

P36

Answer 4

Upper outer quadrant

Question 5

Vessel involved with a bleeding duodenal ulcer?

P36

Answer 5

Gastroduodenal artery

Question 6

Cause of common bile duct obstruction?

P36

Answer 6

Choledocholithiasis

Question 7

Cause of cholangitis?

P36

Answer 7

Bile duct obstruction resulting from choledocholithiasis

Question 8

Cause of pancreatitis?

P36

Answer 8

EtOH

Question 9

Bacteria in stool?

P36

Answer 9

Bacteroides fragilis (“B. frag”)

Question 10

Cause of SBO in adults in the United States?

P36

Answer 10

Postop peritoneal adhesions

Question 11

Cause of SBO in children?

P36

Answer 11

Hernias

Question 12

Cause of emergency abdominal surgery in the United States?

P36

Answer 12

Acute appendicitis

Question 13

Site of GI carcinoids?

P36

Answer 13

Appendix

Question 14

Abdominal x-ray (AXR) finding with SBO?

P36

Answer 14

Air-fluid levels

Question 15

Electrolyte deficiency causing ileus?

P36

Answer 15

Hypokalemia

Question 16

Cause of transfusion hemolysis?

P36

Answer 16

Clerical error

Question 17

Cause of blood transfusion resulting in death?

P36

Answer 17

Clerical error (wrong blood types)

Question 18

Site of distant metastasis of sarcoma?

P36

Answer 18

Lungs

Question 19

Cause of shock in a surgical patient?

P36

Answer 19

Hypovolemia

Question 20

Position of anal fissure?

P36

Answer 20

Posterior

Question 21

Cause of large bowel obstruction?

P37

Answer 21

Colon cancer

Question 22

Type of colonic volvulus?

P37

Answer 22

Sigmoid volvulus

Question 23

Cause of fever <48 postoperative hours?

P37

Answer 23

Atelectasis

Question 24

Bacterial cause of urinary tract infection (UTI)?

P37

Answer 24

Escherichia coli

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Widened mediastinum

Question 26

Abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma?

P37

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Abdominal organ injured in penetrating abdominal trauma?

P37

Answer 27

Small bowel

Question 28

Benign tumor of the liver?

P37

Answer 28

Hemangioma

Question 29

Malignancy of the liver?

P37

Answer 29

Metastasis

Question 30

Pneumonia in the ICU?

P37

Answer 30

Gram-negative bacteria

Question 31

Cause of epidural hematoma?

P37

Answer 31

Middle meningeal artery injury

Question 32

Cause of lower GI bleeding?

P37

Answer 32

Upper GI bleeding

Question 33

Hernia?

P37

Answer 33

Inguinal hernia (right more than left)

Question 34

Cause of esophageal perforation?

P37

Answer 34

Iatrogenic instrumentation (e.g., EGD)

Question 35

Cancer in females?

P37

Answer 35

Lung cancer

Question 36

Cancer in males?

P37

Answer 36

Prostate cancer

Question 37

Type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females?

P38

Answer 37

LUNG cancer

Question 38

Cause of free peritoneal air?

P38

Answer 38

Perforated PUD

Question 39

Symptom with gastric cancer?

P38

Answer 39

Weight loss

Question 40

Site of colon cancer hematogenous metastasis?

P38

Answer 40

Liver

Question 41

Cause of death ages 1–44?

P38

Answer 41

TRAUMA