Abdominal emergencies — Flashcards

What is the next step in management after CT scan reveals a 4.6cm pancreatic cyst with thick walls, multiloculation, and dilated pancreatic ducts? _____

Severe pain, peritoneal signs, NSAID use and free air under diaphragm is most likely _____

Hint: condition

What is tx of asymptomatic gallstones? _____

What causes anal fissures? _____

What is the management of acute cholecystitis in conjuction with cirrhosis and ascites? _____

Initial resuscitation for sigmoid volvulus, includes IV fluids, NPO, and what third treatment? _____

_____ are reducible with manipulation and feel like a soft-tissue mass

Hint: indirect inguinal hernias or varicoceles

_____ with stone removal is a first-line therapy for patients with urinary stones in the middle or distal ureter ≥ 10 mm

Struvite stone is managed with _____

Hint: next step

What are the most common peripheral artery aneurysms? _____

Hint: #1 and #2 causes