Acute Surgical Presentations — Flashcards

What is the management of necrotising fasciitis? _____ and IV antibiotics

Necrotising fasciitis can lead to systemic toxicity, causing _____ and later altered mental status

Type 1 necrotising fasiitis is a polymicrobial infection with _____ and anaerobes

Hint: Type of bacteria

Type _____ is the most common type of necrotising fasiitis

Hint: 1 or 2

Type 1 necrotising fasiitis typically occurs in an older patient with _____

If a AAA is suspected, but the diagnosis is uncertain. Then what diagnostic investigation can be done? _____

Abdominal aortic aneurysm may cause _____ and/or back pain, which is a sign of leaking, dissection, or imminent rupture

Hint: location

What is the management for a ruptured aortic abdominal mass? _____

Features of a ruptured AAA are _____ pain, hypotension, & a pulsatile abdominal mass

What is the management for type A aortic dissection? _____

Hint: 2