Post-op care — Flashcards

Flashcard 121: _____ kidney transplant is preferred for treating chronic kidney disease

Answer: Living

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Flashcard 122: What is tx of zero output postop? _____

Answer: Unkink catheter and urine will flow

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Flashcard 123: Post-op fever day 3 (UTI) is managed with _____ and wide spectrum antibiotics/change foley

Answer: urinalysis and culture

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Flashcard 124: Management of zero urinary output post-op? _____

Answer: Usually mechanical problem - look for plugged or kinked catheter

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Flashcard 125: Following pancreatic head resection for cancer, a drain is left in place. This drain has a high hourly output of milky grey-white fluid with a "sheen" on the bulb drain. What is likely occurring? _____

Answer: Pancreatic leak

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Flashcard 126: What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with recent cataract surgery that presents with fever, decreased vision, and pain over the left eye for 12 hours? Physical examination reveals a swollen eyelid and exudates in the anterior chamber. _____

Answer: Post-operative endophthalmitis

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Flashcard 127: What is the treatment for post-operative acute mediastinitis? _____

Answer: Drainage, debridement, and antibiotics

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Flashcard 128: What is important in the post-op management of intertrochanteric fractures? _____

Answer: Anticoagulation

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Flashcard 129: Bladder irrigation is used for patients with hematuria to prevent the formation of _____

Answer: blood clots

Flashcard 130: Chronic lung transplant rejection typically presents as _____

Answer: bronchiolitis obliterans