Next Steps in Managment:
Biostats
Thoracic
Make the Diagnosis:
Hernia
200
Young male with 24 hours of acute pain from thrombosed external hemorrhoid
Elliptical Excision <72 hours
200
Accepting null hypothesis incorrectly because of small sample size
Type II error
200
Best predictor of pulmonary complications prior to thoracic surgery
FEV1<.1 or <40% predicted post-op value
200
Patient with elevated PTH, elevated serum CA & low urinary CA
Benign familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
200
Anatomical position of direct hernias in relation to epigastric vessels
Inferior + medial
400
Routine mammogram with birads 0 classification
repeat study due to incomplete exam
400
Phase of clinical trial to determine if therapy is better than existing therapy
Phase III
400
Most common nerve affected by neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome
Ulnar nerve
400
65 year old male with SOB, pretibial rash & bronchoscopy biopsy revealsnon-caseating granulomas
Sarcoidosis
400
Source of bleeding encountered during a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair while tacking mesh to Cooper's ligament
Corona Mortis
600
8 year old male with sudden testicular pain & swollen high-riding right teste
Emergency detorsion + bilateral orchiopexy
600
Statistical test used to compare the association between categorical variables in >2 groups
Chi - Square
600
Anatomic anomaly most often encountered during crural dissection in nissen fundoplication
Replace left hepatic artery
Branch from left gastric artery
600
FNA of thyroid nodule reveals amyloid tissue
Medullary thyroid cancer
600
Wound classification of left inguinal hernia repair with controlled small bowel resection
Class II
clean contaminated
800
75 year old male with abdominal pain and bloody stools POD#1 s/p open AAA repair
Sigmoidoscopy
Rule out colonic ischemia
800
Number needed to treat for absolute risk reduction of 5%
20
800
Treatment for epiphrenic esophageal diverticula
Diverticulectomy +
treatment of underlying motility disorder
800
Watery diarrhea, hyperkalemia & achlorhydria
Vipoma
800
Name of femoral hernia repair without mesh
Mcvay Repair
(Cooper's ligament)
1000
6 month old child presents with large hemangioma of neck
Observation
most will resolve by 8 years old
1000
Statistical test used to compare means of >2 groups
Anova
1000
Most definitive management of retained hemothorax after chest tube placement
Thoracoscopic or open decortication
1000
Neonate with feeding intolerance weeks after recovery of necrotizing enterocolitis
Ischemic stricture
1000
Type of hiatal hernia with greatest risk of incarceration & strangulation
Type II
paraoesophageal hernia