Trauma/Emergencies — Flashcards

Flashcard 211: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) should be considered for asymptomatic patients with ≥ _____% stenosis

Answer: 80

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Flashcard 212: What is used to manage respiratory failure secondary to flail chest? _____

Answer: Mechanical positive pressure ventilation (PPV)

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Flashcard 213: Post-trauma → contrast extravasation from duodenum into retroperitoneum is managed with _____

Answer: ex-lap

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Flashcard 214: What is surgical treatment for skin cancer of the face? _____

Answer: Mohs surgery

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Flashcard 215: For those with peripheral artery disease, after getting an ABI, get a(n) _____ before doing revascularization

Answer: angiogram

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Flashcard 216: Acute arterial occlusion can result from what three major causes? _____

Answer: Embolus from a cardiac or arterial source Arterial thrombosis Iatrogenic/direct blunt trauma to the artery

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Flashcard 217: Adolescent hit in the side of the head with a baseball, LOC for 90 seconds, regains consciousness, but loses it again? Imaging would show? _____

Answer: Epidural hematoma → biconvex lens-shaped hematoma

Extra: Epidural hematomas (EDH) are most commonly caused by rupture of the middle meningeal artery (a branch of the maxillary artery) following trauma to the pterion. Classic presentation: 1. Initial loss of consciousness (LOC) 2. Lucid interval (patient regains consciousness and appears normal) 3. Rapid deterioration and secondary LOC as the hematoma expands. CT findings: Biconvex (lens-shaped) hyperdense collection that does not cross suture lines.

Flashcard 218: What are the "soft signs" of traumatic arterial injury? (5) _____

Answer: Diminished distal pulses Unexplained hypotension Stable hematoma Hemorrhage (at time of injury) FND

Flashcard 219: Rubber band ligation is only used for _____ hemorrhoids

Answer: internal

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Flashcard 220: What blunt chest trauma complication is characterized by unilateral decreased breath sounds and patchy, irregular alveolar infiltrate on imaging < 24 hours after the injury? _____

Answer: Pulmonary contusion

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