UT San Antonio Flashcards
Absolute contraindications to surgery
Diabetic coma
DKA
3 indications where nutrition is too poor to go to surgery
Albumin 20%
Indications of liver failure being too severe for surgery
Bili > 2
PT > 16
Ammonia > 150
Encephalopathy
How long should you quit smoking prior to surgery
8 weeks prior
6 things in Goldman’s index for evaluating surgical risk
- CHF
- MI w/in 6 months
- Arrythmia
- Old (Age > 70)
- Emergent surgery
- Poor medical condition
Meds to stop before surgery
Aspiring, NSAIDS, vit E (2 weeks)
Warfarin w/in 5 days (INR needs to be
When should a CKD pt dialyze before surgery
24 hours pre-op
Insulin dose before surgery
Take 1/2 morning dose of insulin before
Worry of BUN > 100
Uremic platelet dysfunction leading to post-op bleeding
normal platelet but prolonged bleeding time
What is assist control vent
Sets Tidal Volume and rate, but if the patient takes a breath, the vent gives the full volume
Important vent setting for weaning pt off
Pressure support
Pt rules rate but a boost of pressure is given
Most efficient setting to change on a vent? Why?
Tidal volume - more efficient that FiO2
Hypernatremia fluid
D5W or hypotonic fluid
QT interval for hyper vs hypocalcemia
Shortened in hyper
Prolonged in hypo
signs of hypokalemia
Paralysis, ileus, ST depression, U waves
Maintenance IVFs
D5 1/2 NS + 20 KCl (if peeing)
Maintenance IVF formula
Up to 10 kgs –> 100ml/kg/day
Next 10 kg –> 50 ml/kg/day
All above 20 –> 20 ml/Kg/day
TPN risks
Acalculous cholecystitis
Hyperglycemia
Liver dysfunction
Zinc def
Consider what in circumferential burns
Escharotomy
Tx for CO2 poisoning
100% O2
Hyperbaric if CO0Hb is very high
Unexplained clotting in older people
Think cancer
What disease will heparin not work in
Antithrombin III def
HIT tx
Leparudin or agatroban
Silver sulfadiazine features
Doesn’t penetrate eschar
Can cause **leukopenia
Mafenide features
Burn ointment that penetrates eschar burt hurts like hell
Silver nitrate features
Burn ointment that doesn’t penetrate eschar and causes HYPO K
1st step in electrical burn workup? Look for?
EKG
Look for myoglobinuria (Check K+ from cell lysis)
Zone 3 of the neck? Workup with penetrating trauma?
Above angle of mandible
Do aortography and triple endoscopy
Zone 2 of neck? Workup with penetrating trauma
Angle of mandible to cricoid
Do 2D dopller +/- exploratory surgery
Zone 1 of neck? Workup with penetrating trauma
Below cricoid
Do Aortography
Consider what in retroperitoneal fluid after BAT
Duodenal rupture
Extraperitoneal vs Intraperitoneal extrasvasation for bladder rupture
Extra: bed rest + foley
Intra: Ex-lap and surgical repair
4 fractures that go to OR
- Depressed skull fracture
- Severely depressed or angulated fracture
- Any open Fx
- Femoral neck or intertrochanteric fracture
Where is the clavicle most commonly broken
B/w middle and distal 3rd
May need figure of 8 device
Atelectasis CXR
Bilateral lower lobe fluffy infiltrates
Nec Fasc pattern of spread
In SubQ along Scarpa’s fascia
Malignant hyperthermia genetic defect
Ryanodine receptor gene defect
Unexplained fever post op day 7 think? Dx and Tx?
Abdominal abscess
Dx by CT with triple contrast
Tx by percutaneous drainage
4 stages of pressure ulcers
1: skin intact but red, blanchable
2: blister or break in dermis
3: SubQ destruction into muscle
4: involvement of joint or bone
Low pleural glucose in transudate peracentesis
RA
Lights criteria
Exudate if:
LDH > 200
LHD eff/serum > 0.6
Protein eff/serum > 0.5
When do you operate for lung abscesses
If abs fail
Abscess > 6cm
Empyema present
Popcorn calcification is what in CXR?
Concentric calcification is what?
Popcorn: Hamartoma
Concentric: old granuloma
What do you do if a new benign nodule is found on CXR
CXR or CT scans q2mo to look for growth
Where does adenocarcinoma met to
Liver, bone, brain, adrenals
Effusion of Adenocarcinoma of the lung
Exudate with high hyaluronidase
Lung cancer that makes PTH-rP
Squamous cell Ca
Pt with ptosis that gets better after 1 min of upward gaze?
Lambert Eaton from small cell
Ab to pre-syn Ca channels
CXR showing peripheral cavitation and CT showing distant mets
Large cell carcinoma