Most Commons

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Small bowel obstruction (SBO)

Question 2

Type of melanoma?

Answer 2

Superficial spreading

Question 3

Type of breast cancer?

Answer 3

Infiltrating ductal

Question 4

Site of breast cancer?

Answer 4

Upper outer quadrant

Question 5

Vessel involved with a

bleeding duodenal ulcer?

Answer 5

Gastroduodenal artery

Question 6

Cause of common bile

duct obstruction?

Answer 6

Choledocholithiasis

Question 7

Cause of cholangitis?

Answer 7

Bile duct obstruction resulting from

choledocholithiasis

Question 8

Cause of pancreatitis?

Answer 8

EtOH

Question 9

Bacteria in stool?

Answer 9

Bacteroides fragilis (“B. frag”)

Question 10

Cause of SBO in adults in

the United States?

Answer 10

Postop peritoneal adhesions

Question 11

Cause of SBO in children

Answer 11

Hernias

Question 12

Cause of emergency
abdominal surgery in the
United States?

Answer 12

Acute appendicitis

Question 13

Site of GI carcinoids?

Answer 13

Appendix

Question 14

Abdominal x-ray (AXR)

finding with SBO?

Answer 14

Air-fluid levels

Question 15

Electrolyte deficiency

causing ileus?

Answer 15

Hypokalemia

Question 16

Cause of transfusion

hemolysis

Answer 16

Clerical error

Question 17

Cause of blood transfusion

resulting in death?

Answer 17

Clerical error (wrong blood types)

Question 18

Site of distant metastasis

of sarcoma?

Answer 18

Lungs

Question 19

Cause of shock in a

surgical patient?

Answer 19

Hypovolemia

Question 20

Position of anal fissure

Answer 20

Posterior

Question 21

Cause of large bowel

obstruction?

Answer 21

Colon cancer

Question 22

Type of colonic volvulus?

Answer 22

Sigmoid volvulus

Question 23

Cause of fever 48 postoperative

hours?

Answer 23

atelectasis

Question 24

Bacterial cause of urinary
tract infection (UTI)?

Answer 24

Escherichia coli

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Widened mediastinum

Question 26

Abdominal organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Abdominal organ injured in penetrating abdominal trauma?

Answer 27

Small bowel

Question 28

Benign tumor of the liver?

Answer 28

Hemangioma

Question 29

Malignancy of the liver?

Answer 29

met

Question 30

Pneumonia in the ICU?

Answer 30

Gram-negative bacteria

Question 31

Cause of epidural | hematoma

Answer 31

Middle meningeal artery injury`

Question 32

Cause of lower GI | bleeding

Answer 32

Upper GI bleeding

Question 33

Hernia?

Answer 33

Inguinal hernia (right more than left)

Question 34

Cause of esophageal | perforation?

Answer 34

Iatrogenic instrumentation (e.g., EGD)

Question 35

Cancer in females?

Answer 35

Lung cancer

Question 36

Cancer in males?

Answer 36

Prostate cancer

Question 37

Type of cancer causing DEATH in males and females?

Answer 37

LUNG cancer

Question 38

Cause of free peritoneal | air?

Answer 38

Perforated PUD

Question 39

Symptom with gastric | cancer?

Answer 39

Weight loss

Question 40

Site of colon cancer hematogenous metastasis?

Answer 40

Liver

Question 41

Cause of death ages | 1-44?

Answer 41

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