Trauma — Flashcards

Flashcard 41: Le Fort _____ is associated with facial skeleton completely disconnected from its cranial attachment

Answer: III

Flashcard 42: What is the least common type of brain membrane bleeding?_____

Answer: Extradural hemorrhage

Flashcard 43: Le Fort II is a _____ # of the maxilla

Answer: pyramidal

Flashcard 44: Parkland's formula for burns includes only _____ degree burns

Answer: second and third

Flashcard 45: Measurement of _____ pressure is the standard method to screen for intra-abdominal hypertension

Answer: bladder

Flashcard 46: What is the mx of choice for early cases of post-traumatic CSF rhinorrhea?_____

Answer: conservative

Flashcard 47: Presence of how many red blood cells (RBCs) per mm³ in blunt trauma indicates an indeterminate (intermediate) Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL) result?

Answer: 50,000 - 100,000 /mm³ (or /µL)

Extra: Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL) Criteria for Blunt Trauma: - Positive: >100,000 RBCs/mm³ (or presence of bile, bacteria, or food particles) - Indeterminate (Intermediate): 50,000 – 100,000 RBCs/mm³ - Negative: <50,000 RBCs/mm³

Flashcard 48: Parkland formula for burns is calculated as _____ml x kg body wt. x TBSA%

Answer: 4

Flashcard 49: The entry wound is sealed on _____ sides with an occlusive dressing if a pneumothorax is suspected

Answer: 3

Flashcard 50: 'Pincer contusions' may be seen in trauma to the _____

Answer: lungs