UWorld - Surgery Flashcards
Elevated amylase and abdominal pain In a cardiovascularly ill patient. Diagnosis? Procedure for diagnosis?
A cute mesenteric ischemia.
Diagnosed with mesenteric angiography
Air under the diaphragm. Next step and management?
Urgent exploratory laparotomy
What do Q waves mean on an ECG?
Old myocardial infarction
What is the most sensitive and specific test for acute pancreatitis?
Lipase
Amylase is less specific and sensitive.
First line treatment for anal fishers.
Increased fiber and fluid intake, stool softeners, sitz baths, topical anesthetics and vasodilators (lidocaine and Nifedipine)
Recent skin infection followed by abdominal pain radiating to the groin. Diagnosis?
Psoas major abscess
How to diagnose acute diverticulitis.
Abdominal CT scan
Treatment of diverticulitis associated with an abscess.
<3 cm IV Antibiotics
>3 cm CT guided percutaneous drainage
Bright red nodules in an HIV infected patient.
Bacillary angiomatosis caused by Bartonella (gram negative Bacillus)
Next step in management for patient with penetrating trauma
Exploratory laparotomy
Penetrating trauma below which intercostal space is considered an abdominal trauma until proven otherwise?
Fourth intercostal space
What type of intravenous fluid to use in burn victims and why.
Lactated Ringer solution
b/c It is isotonic
AND It contains a buffer (sodium lactate), which prevents hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis (which would occur if the patient were given normal saline)
Persistent pneumothorax despite chest tube placement. DDx?
Tracheobronchial perforation
What are the 3 categories assessed by the Glasgow Coma Scale?
1) Eye Opening
2) Verbal Response
3) Motor Response
Diagnosis when chest moves in a word on inspiration.
Flail chest is caused by rib fracture. More than three contiguous rib fractures.
Timeline for pulmonary contusion
Less than 24 hours after blut thoracic trauma
Management of Pulmonary contusion
Pain control, Pulmonary hygiene (nebulizer treatment, chest PT), supplemental oxygen and ventilatory support.
Elevation of AFP and Beta-HCG.
Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor
What is flail chest?
Facture of more than 3 consecutive ribs in more than 2 spaces.
Treatment of flail chest
Positive airway pressure will correct the paradoxical respiratory motion of the isolated segment of chest wall
Tension pneumothorax - side of deviation
Deviation away from affected side
Best step in management of a burn victim that exhibits oropharyngeal inflammation
Endotracheal intubation
What size of pneumothorax to treat with chest tube and what size to allow for observation and oxygen.
Small (less than 2 cm) - observation and oxygen
Large (more than 2 cm) - Needle aspiration or chest tube
What antihypertensives are associated with drug-induced pancreatitis?
Thiazides
ACEI
Jaundiced Patient
With Palpable Gallbladder that is NONtender
Courvoisier’s sign
Suggests malignancy of gallbladder or pancreas
Left supraclavicular adenopathy
Virchow’s node
Suggests malignancy in the abdomen
Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome
Perihepatitis in the setting of pelvic inflammatory disease. Infection and inflammation of the liver capsule and “violin string” adhesions of pertitoneum to liver. Chlamydia and gonorrhoeae.
How to treat an uncomplicated vs complicated small bowel obstruction (SBO)?
Uncomplicated SBO treat with conservative measures of bowel rest, IV fluids and NG tube.
Complicated SBO treat with surgical exploration
How to identify small bowel obstruction that is complicated and requires surgical exploration ASAP?
Small bowel obstruction will be accompanied by fever, hemodynamic instability, metabolic acidosis
Define oliguria
Less than 250 mL of urine production within 12 hours
Step in management for post operative oliguria
Bladder ultrasound scan and urinary catheterization
When to use oral ursodeoxycholic acid?
Used to treat symptomatic gallstones (when patients are having the typical symptoms of cholecystitis), but when these patients are poor surgical candidates.
What is volvulus?
When a loop of intestine twists around itself
Time-frame to suspect postoperative complication of: abscess
More than 10 days postoperatively
Time-frame to suspect postoperative complication of: Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
Less than 5 days postoperatively
What symptoms or signs do you look for to differentiate between acute cystitis vs choledocholythiasis.
Choledocholythiasis is accompanied by very high alk phos and can cause obstructive jaundice.
Boerhaave syndrome vs Mallory-Weiss syndrome
Boerhaave syndrome is transmural esophageal perforation. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is a partial mucosal tear. Boerhaave syndrome will be accompanied by crepitus in sternal notch.
What anabiotic‘s to use to treat a cat bite
Amoxicillin with clavulinate
This covers the two likely organisms from a cat bite:
Pasteurella multocida
Anaerobic Bacteria
Common cause of splenic abscess
Infective endocarditis
Nissan fundoplication
Surgery for refractory GERD
Liver cyst. Organism? Host?
Organism = Echinococcus granulosus (tapeworm) Host = Dog (sheep are intermediate host)
Liver cyst. How to diagnose and Next step in management.
Diagnose with ultrasound of liver.
Next step = Identify the organism Echinococcus granulosus with serology for Echinococcus granulosus IgG.
Liver cyst. Treatment.
Small cyst (less than 5 cm) treat with antimicrobial against Echinococcus granulosus = albendazole Large cyst (more than 5 cm) = percutaneous drainage or surgery
What is the most common cause of bloodstream infection in the hospital? With what organisms?
Cause = Central venous catheters Organisms = Staph aureus (majority) AND Candida (10%)
Chronic diabetic foot ulcer in which the bone can be palpated with a probe: Next step in management?
Biopsy and culture of affected bone.
Ureterolithiasis. What to do depending on size of stone.
Less than 5 mm = pass spontaneously. Recommend increased oral fluid intake (2L/day) and strain urine.
5 mm - 10 mm = Hydration, Pain control, Alpha blockers (e.g. tamsulosin) and strain urine.
More than 10 mm = Urology consult and consider lithotripsy
When is a urology consult and possible lithotripsy warranted?
When stone is more than 10 mm. OR Any size stone WITH other symptoms such as: Urosepsis (e.g. fever, altered mental status) Complete obstruction (anuria) Acute Kidney Injury Refractory pain (pain meds don't work) Nausea/Vomiting
Vibrio vulnificus
Causes what kind of infection?
Treatment?
Vibrio vulnificus causes a food-bourne illness from contaminated seafood.
ALSO causes wound infections from contact with contaminated water, which can be rapidly progressive (less than 12 hrs) and highly fatal.
Treatment = IV ceftriaxone and doxycycline.
These patients have increased risk of infection with Vibrio vulnificus
Patients with liver disease (cirrhosis, hepatitis, hereditary hemochromatosis)
Pasteurella infection. Source?
Dog/cat bites/scratch
Infection with what organism can occur from hot tub water?
Pseudomonas aerguinosa
Top organisms that cause cellulitis
Staph aureus
Strep pyogenes
Initial hematuria vs. Terminal hematuria vs. Total hematuria. Causes?
Initial hematuria (at beginning of voiding) = Damage to Urethra Terminal hematuria (at end of voiding) = damage to bladder/prostate Total hematuria = damage to kidney/ureter
What part of the GI is affected by inflammatory bowel disease?
Depends on the type of inflammatory bowel disease.
Crohn’s disease = any part of GI, EXCEPT rectum. Crohn’s has skip lesions.
Ulcerative colitis = colon (colitis = colon). Continuous. ALWAYS rectum involved.
What type of disease affects colon transmurally and what type only mucosa and submucosa.
Transmural = Crohn’s
Mucosa and Submucosa = Ulcerative colitis
Treatment of Clostridium difficile
Oral metronidazole
If refractory then oral vancomycin
Small-bowel obstruction on imaging will show ________
Dilated loops of small bowel AND air-fluid levels
What is ileus?
Ileus on imaging will show _______
Ileus is intestinal hypomotility without obstruction.
On imagine ileus shows:
Dilation of BOTH small and large bowel.
NO air-fluid level
Small-bowel obstruction vs. Ileus. What kind of bowel sounds do you hear?
Small-bowel obstruction = high-pitched hyperactive bowel sounds
Ileus = HYPOactive bowel sounds
How to diagnose Acute Urinary Retension?
Bladder ultrasound demonstrating more than 300 mL of urine.
How soon after intubation does ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) occur? If suspected, how is VAP diagnosed? Treament?
VAP occurs more than 48 hrs after intubation.
Diagnose with lower respiratory tract endotracheal tube sample – gram stain and culture.
Treatment = empiric antibiotics
Diagnosis:
Anal pain PLUS fever
vs.
Anal pain NO fever
Anal pain PLUS fever = perianal abscess (caused by occlusion of anal crypt gland)
Anal pain NO fever = external hemorrhoid (hemorrhoid below dentate line)
1st and 2nd steps in a person with suspected esophageal variceal bleeding.
1) IV access: 2 large-bore IV catheters
2) Volume resuscitation, IV octreotide, antibiotics
How high is the temperature seen in malignant hyperthermia?
More than 40 C
If you suspect postoperative fever due to Clostridium difficile then what is the timeline?
Postoperative C diff = 1 week - 1 month after surgery
Why do alcoholics have poor wound healing?
Vit C deficiency causes impaired wound healing.
Why do alcoholics have gums that bleed easily?
Vit C deficiency causes gingivitis.
Why do patients with Crohn disease or other intestinal diseases that cause fat malabsorption develop nephrolithiasis?
Patient’s with Crohn’s disease or other fat malabsorption have increased oxalate absorption, which leads to oxalate stones.
Fat malabsorption causes calcium to remain bound to fat instead of oxalate – free oxalate is absorbed at higher rates.
Extraperitoneal bladder injury
vs
Intraperitoneal bladder injury
What anatomic region does each relate to?
Extraperitoneal bladder injury = injury of neck/anterior wall/anteriolateral wall of bladder. Associated with pelvic fracture
Intraperitoneal bladder injury = Rupture of dome of bladder, which is next to peritoneal space. Causes chemical peritonitis which presents as diffuse abdominal tenderness. Less likely with pelvic fracture.
Patient with RUQ pain. Patient receives morphine, but this worsens the pain. Diagnosis? Explanation.
Diagnosis = Sphincter of Oddi dysfunciton
Explanation: Opioid analgesics may cause sphincter contraction, worsening the symptoms of Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction
Pelvic fracture in a male. Next step in management.
Pelvic fracture in males is associated with Posterior Urethral Injury. Pt should undergo retrograde urethrogram to evaluate for the diagnosis.
What ankle brachial index (ABI) is considered normal. And what ABI value is diagnostic for Peripheral Artery Disease?
Normal = 0.91 - 1.30
Peripheral Artery Disease < 0.9
What valvular complication can arise after cardiac pacemaker or cardioverter-defibrillator placement?
Tricuspid valve regurgitation
Widened mediastinum on chest X-ray. Next step in management.
CT angiography
When does a pulmonary nodule require biopsy?
> 0.8 cm requires excision or biopsy, due to high probability for malignancy (>5%)
How does Zenker diverticulum develop?
Motor dysfunction of upper esophageal sphincter or esophagus, causes herniation though the cricopharyngeal muscle.
Sings and timeline of Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI)
Fever, hypotension, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema within 6 hours of blood product administration.
Why can patients with ruptured aortic aneurysm develop hematuria?
AAA rupture can cause aortocaval fistula. Venous congestion backs blood up to the fragile veins of the bladder.
Post Myocardial infarction complications timeline within the 1st week after MI.
24 hrs = Cardiac arrhythmia
1-3 days = Pericarditis
3-5 days = Interventricular septal rupture
2-7 days = Papillary muscle rupture
Post Myocardial infarction complications timeline within 2 weeks of MI
5-14 days = Ventricular free wall rupture
Post Myocardial infarction complications after 2 weeks
Dressler syndrome = Autoimmune pericarditis
What is Kussmaul sign?
A rise in jugular venous pressure on inspiration. Normally, JVP decreases on inspiration because thoracic cavity expansion allows for more blood to return to the right side of the heart.
Kussmaul sign indicates Right Heart dysfunction.
Compare the timeline for post Myocardial Infarction complication of:
1) Interventricular septal rupture
vs.
2) Ventricular free wall rupture
Interventricular septal rupture = 3-5 days after MI
Ventricular free wall rupture = 5-14 days after MI
Compare the timeline for post Myocardial Infarction complication of:
1) Fibrous pericarditis
vs.
2) Autoimmune pericarditis
Fibrous pericarditis = < 24 hrs after MI Autoimmune pericarditis (Dressler syndrome) = > 2 wks after MI
If you see multiple liver lesions on CT scan then what is the next necessary diagnostic test? why?
Colonoscopy
because Colorectal cancer is the most common source of liver metastasis
Early post-op complication of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Ischemia of the bowel
What is Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure (PCWP) in the setting of trauma that caused myocardial contusion?
Myocardial contusion = Cardiogenic shock
Cardiogenic shock has elevated PCWP, due to backup from left ventricle dysfunction.
What is Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure (PCWP) in tension pneumothorax?
Normal PCWP
Main risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma.
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Malignant hyperthermia is caused by what?
Volatile anasthetics, succinylcholine
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is caused by what?
Neuroleptic agents such as haloperidol, fluphenazine
In what part of the mediastinum is this structure?
Thymus
Anterior mediastinum
In what part of the mediastinum is this structure?
Esophagus
Posterior mediastinum
In what part of the mediastinum is this structure?
Trachea
Superior mediastinum
In what part of the mediastinum is this structure?
Heart
Middle mediastinum
Treatment of aspiration pneumonia
Clindamycin
Next step in management if you suspect pulmonary embolism.
CT angiogram of the chest
When to perform Rapid Strep Antigen Test
Group A Strep Pharyngitis Testing is performed when 2 or 3 of the Centor Criteria are met:
1) History of Fever
2) Tender anterior cervical lymphadenopathy
3) Tonsillar exudates
4) Absence of cough (NOT presence)
HOWEVER if all 4 are present then Rapid strep is not necessary – proceed to empiric penicillin or amoxicillin.