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CHILD P/W NASAL BLEEDING AND OBSTRUCTION W/ A MASS VISIBLE ON PHYSICAL EXAM. DX?
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ANGIOFIBROMA
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FEMALE PT P/W BREAST MASS AND NIPPLE RETRACTION. PMHX IS + FOR BREAST SX. MAMMOGRAM SHOWS COARSE CALCIFICATIONS AND BX SHOWS FOAMY MACROPHAGES AND FAT GLOBULES. DX?, DDX? TX?
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FAT NECROSIS OF THE BREAST
DDX: BREAST CA (HOWEVER, MAMMOGRAM IN CA SHOWS MICROCALCIFICATIONS INSTEAD OF COARSE) THERE'S NO TX NEEDED |
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WHATS ARE 3 CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR THE USE OF SUX TO INTUBATE A PT?
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HYPERKALEMIA (CRUSH INJURY)
DEMYELINATING DZ TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME *USE VECURONIUM |
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PT HAS SX AND IS IN VEG STATE. YOU FIND OUT PT IS DNR AND WITHDRAW LIFE SUPPORT. WHATS THIS EQUIVALENT OF?
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WITHHOLDING CARE FOR THE PT EQUALLY UNETHICAL
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WHY IS IT NOT A GOOD IDEA TO INFUSE D5W IN HYPOVOLEMIC PT?
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CAN CAUSE OSMOTIC DIURESIS AND DEHYDRATE PT FURTHER
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USES OF LACTATED RINGER?
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WHEN MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF FLUID ARE NEEDED. (TRAUMA, BURNS, HEMORRHAGE).
* FOR MAINTENANCE USE NS |
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PT W A HO POPLITEAL ARTERY EMBOLECTOMY P/W PAIN IN LOWER LEG W WEAKNESS. PASSIVE STRETCHING OF LIMB CAUSES PAIN. DX? TX?
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COMPARTMENT SYNDROME.
URGENT FASCIOTOMY |
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WHICH ANESTHETIC CAN BE SAFELY USED IN PT W LIVER AND RENAL IMPAIRMENT?
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ATRACURIUM
* METABOLIZED IN SERUM |
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PT W/ H/O MI IS TO UNDERGO SX AND SURGEON ASKS TO DC BETA-BLOCKER BEFORE SX BC PT'S HR IS 60. WHY BAD IDEA?
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PT IS AT RISK OF REBOUND TACHYCARDIA AFTER ABRUPT DC OF BB
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MOST COMMON CAUSE OF POST-OP BLEEDING?
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POOR HEMOSTASIS BY THE SURGEON
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SP ABDOMINAL SX, IN WHAT ORDER DOES THE BOWEL REGAINS FNX?
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1- SB IN 3-4 HOURS POST OP
2- STOMACH IN ABOUT 24 HRS 3- COLON TAKES ABOUT 3-4 DAYS |
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WHY IS LR PREFERRED OVER NS WHEN MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF IVF ARE NEEDED?
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LR IS LESS ACIDIC THAN NS HENCE A BIGGER VOLUME CAN BE GIVEN W/O AFFECTING ACID-BASE BALANCE
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IN A PT WHO PRESENTS VOMITING, WHAT IVF IS BENEFICIAL?
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NS DECREASES CL- CLEARANCE HENCE CORRECTING THE ALKALOSIS.
LR ELECTROLYTE CONTENT IS SIMILAR TO SB FLUID. |