Surgery Flashcards
(461 cards)
type of pain experiences with pancreatic cancer?
epigastric abdominal pain that is insidious. gnawing, and worse at night
Young male (20s) without trauma has pneumothorax?
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Varicocele-signs? Diagnostic method?
soft mass that worsens with standing and Valsalva maneuvers, but decreases when supine, does not transilluminated Diagnostic- US
Risk factors for acute mesenteric ischemia?
Atherosclerosis Embolic source hypercoagulable disorders
What are the signs of arterial occlusion?
Pain, pallor, paresthesias, pulselessness, and coolness to the touch
Mediastinal mass with nomral b-HCG and AFP?
Thymomas
diaphoretic
Sweating heavily
How can you minimize the risk of infection from a PICC?
Remove it as soon as treatment/use is complete
How does mesenteric ischemia present?
sudden periumbilical abdominal pain out of proportion to examination findings
Signs of esophageal stricture?
Dysphagia, no abdominal succussion splash
blunt thoracic trauma, respiratory distress despite bilateral chest tubes
Flail chest, demonstrate tachypnea, shallow breaths
Signs of gallstone ileus
stuttering episodes of nausea and vomiting, pneumobilia, hyperactive bowel sounds, dilated loops of bowels
Morton neuroma
inflammation of the common digital nerve in the third space
Syndrome associated with arterial occlusion at the bifurcation of the aorta?
Leriche Syndrome
Cause of pretibial edema?I
Increased pulmonary vascular resistance
Elevated serum b-HCG with normal AFP?
seminoma
Trochanteric bursitis- definition? Signs?
definition- inglammation of the curse surrounding the insertion of the gluteus medius onto the femur’s trochanter signs- hip pain when pressure is applied and with external or resisted abduction
How does an anterior should dislocation occur?
forceful abduction and external rotation a the glenohumeral joint; risks damage to the axillary nerve
Back pain in woman who recently has breast cancer?
Metastatic spread, diagnose with MRI
borborygmi
a rumbling or gurgling noise made by the movement of fluid and gas in the intestines
pneumomediastinum and pleural effusions-cause?
esophageal rupture
blunt abdominal trauma, hypotension, right chest/abdominal wall injury, and free intraperitoneal fluid
Hepatic laceration
Pulmonary contusion-CXR results
patchy irregular alveolar infiltrate
What treatments should be provided for a through-and-through extremity gunshot wound?
Tetanus prophylaxis










