Immediately post operative, your patient is tachycardic to 130, raising concern for this complication
What is leak (anastomotic leak)?
100
Of these two, this word is spelled correctly: guaiac or guiac
What is guaiac?
100
This is the location at which you will palpate the femoral pulse
What is two fingerbreadths below the midpoint of the inguinal ligament (under the pannus)?
100
This is the most common microbial agent transmitted by blood transfusion
What is CMV?
200
This old-school word for a piece of clothing is also the term used to describe an inguinal hernia with both direct and indirect components
What is pantaloon?
200
Maintence IVF should be run at this rate for a bariatric patient weighing 150 kg (lean body mass 100 kg)
What is 150mL/hr?
200
Of these two, this word is spelled correctly: aneurysm or aneurism
What is aneurysm?
200
This is the intercostal space in which you may palpate the Angle of Louis
What is 2nd?
200
Former Presidential hopeful Howard Dean and BIDMC’s Alok Gupta are among the famous alumni of this medical school
What is Albert Einstein Medical College?
300
This type of inguinal hernia passes medial to the inferior epigastric vessels, via Hesselbach’s triangle
What is direct?
300
A bariatric stage 1 diet consists of only these
What are liquids?
300
Of these two, this word is spelled correctly: effussion or effusion
What is effusion?
300
This is the location of needle entry on the skin when inserting a subclavian central venous catheter
What is 1 cm below the junction of the middle and medial thirds of the clavicle?
300
This is the most important prognostic factor in melanoma
What is Breslow's thickness?
400
An abdominal wall hernia between the rectus abdominis medially and the semilunar line laterally is called this
What is Spigelian hernia?
400
In a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, the Roux limb should be this length
What is 80-110cm?
400
Of these two, this word is spelled correctly: hemorrhoid or hemoroid
What is hemorrhoid?
400
Two-thirds of the distance from the umbilicus to the anterior superior iliac spine you will find this
What is McBurney's point?
400
This is the pharyngeal pouch from which the inferior parathyroid glands arise
What is the 3rd?
500
This is the term for a cosmetic defect that may be confused with a hernia, resulting from weakening or widening of the linea alba
What is rectus diastasis (or diastasis recti)?
500
A Consensus Panel of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommended this be the minimum BMI for a patient with no comorbidities to be considered for bariatric surgery
What is 40?
500
Of these two, this word is spelled correctly: arhythmia or arrhythmia
What is arrhythmia?
500
Just lateral to the extensor hallusus longus you will find this vascular surgery treasure
What is the dorsalis pedis pulse?
500
Named after a famous cardiac surgeon from Texas, this type of foreceps should never be used to handle skin