General Surgery — Flashcards

_____ is the oiliest and provides the most protective barrier

Hint: emollient

Warfarin should be stopped 5 days before elective surgery. If the INR is ≥_____ the day before surgery, give oral vitamin K

Patients scheduled for surgery who are at high risk of thromboembolism and take warfarin may be given a bridging dose of _____ during the 5 days before surgery. Stop the LMWH 24 hours before surgery

Patients taking warfarin who require emergency surgery that cannot be delayed should be given _____ to reverse the anticoagulation

Hint: Mediation and ROA

Warfarin should be stopped _____ before elective surgery

Hint: how long?

When can warfarin be resumed following surgery? _____

All men with malignancy of unknown origin should have a _____

Hint: what investigation?

All men with malignancy of unknown origin with presentations compatible with germ cell tumours should have a _____

Hint: what investigation?

Patients with malignancy of unknown origin and symptoms, histology or radiology suggestive of a GI primary tumour should have an _____

Hint: what investigation?

Primary cancers from other sites _____ metastasise to the kidneys