USMLE Bible 2 Flashcards
Loss of consciousness checklist
AEIOU TIPS
alcohol, epilepsy, insulin, overdose, uremia, trauma, infection, psychogenic, stroke
Trauma primary survey
ABCDE Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure
Glasgow coma scale
E4 V5 M6
Every morning
Eye findings in GCS
Sontaneous 4
To Voice 3
To Stimulation 2
No Response 1
Verbal scoring in GCS
5 Oriented 4 Confused 3 incoherent 2 lncomprehensible 1 No Response
Motor scoring in GCS
6 To Command 5 Localizes 4Withdraws 3 Abnormal Flexion 2 Extension 1 No Response
Extremities in septic shock are
Warm
Most common shock in chest trauma
Hypovolemic shock
This type of injury occurs after an acceleration‐deceleration injury to the head.
Diffuse axonal injury
Management of csf rhinorrhea in basal skull fracture
It will stop on its own.
Percentage of burns that require admission to a burn unit.
20%
Charcot’s triad
Fever, ruq pain, jaundice
Reynold’s pentad
Fever, ruq pain, jaundice
HYPOTENSION, MENTAL STATUS CHANGES
What is the 1-10-100 rule of Meckel’s diverticulitis?
1-2% in prevalence
1-10cm in length
50-100cm proximal to the ileocecal valve
Currant jelly stools
Intussusception
Age group of intussusception
5-10 months
Epigastric pain relieved by food or antacids
Peptic ulcer
What is KEHR’S sign
LUQ pain that radiates to the left shoulder found in ruptured spleen
Most common cancer and second MCC of yhe espoohagus
MCC adenocarcinoma from barret’s
2nd MCC squamous cell ca from smoking
Deadliest form of gastric CA
Diffuse gastric CA - linitis plastica
Classic findings in gastric CA
Left supracalavicular node is hard.
Virchow’s nodes
Classic findings in gastric CA
The metastasis of gastric cancer bilaterally to the ovaries.
Krukenberg tumor
Classic findings in gastric CA
Hard nodule at the umbilicus due to metastasis.
Sister mary joseph nodules
Hasselbach’s triangle
inferior epigastric artery, rectus sheath, and inguinal ligament