Trauma/Emergencies — Flashcards

Flashcard 281: _____ commonly presents in adolescents with a sudden, swollen, high-riding and painful testicle and absent cremasteric reflex

Answer: Testicular torsion

Flashcard 282: What is the immediate management of Gastroschisis and Omphalocele?\n_____

Answer: Cover with sterile saline-soaked dressings and plastic wrap

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Flashcard 283: What is the reason for continuous irrigation of the eye following a chemical burn? _____

Answer: Normalization of pH

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Flashcard 284: Delayed facial nerve paralysis after traumatic facial injury = _____

Answer: benign

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Flashcard 285: What is the treatment for thyroglossal duct cysts? _____

Answer: Sistrunk procedure (surgical excision)

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Flashcard 286: Blunt lower abdominal trauma incurred during a night of heavy drinking leading to abdominal distension is suggestive of _____

Answer: intraperitoneal bladder rupture

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Flashcard 287: What is the management of patients with suspected venous air embolism? (2) _____

Answer: Immediately place in left lateral decubitus position High-flow O2

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Flashcard 288: What is the management of unstable pelvic fracture? _____

Answer: Angiographic embolization

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Flashcard 289: _____ may be considered for older patients with varicoceles who have no desire for (more) children

Answer: Conservative management

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Flashcard 290: Blows to the forearm cause the struck bone to _____ and the other one to _____

Answer: break

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