Post-op care — Flashcards

Post-amputation focal tenderness with palpation weeks-months later = _____ Post-amputation intermittent cramping / burning felt in the distal amputated limb within 1 week = _____

Hint: post-traumatic neuroma/phantom limb pain

Chest wall "clicking" with chest movement after cardiac surgery is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Serosanguineous drainage and incisional pain is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Low FEV1 means you shouldn't do a lobectomy. Why? _____

Pain at incision site and YES drainage: What is the cause and treatment? _____

What is the likely diagnosis in an elderly male that presents with abdominal distention and constipation five days after having surgery? His last bowel movement was 3 days ago. Imaging reveals colonic dilation without evidence of anatomic obstruction. _____

What is cause of postop day 7 fever? _____

Measuring intraoperative _____ levels confirms successful surgical resection of parathyroids

_____ may occur as a complication of abdominal surgery, presenting with viscous, dark green "substance" draining some time after surgery

How do you treat wound dehiscence? _____