Livers and Gen Med
Latin for "sickness in the head", this diagnosis often accompanies patients with liver disease
What is encephalopathy?
This muscle group is most susceptible to contracture in a patient with a BKA
What are the hamstrings?
These are 3 common signs of a concussion
What are: dizziness, nausea, amnesia, tinnitus, appearing dazed, delayed responses, blurred vision, headache, sensitivity to light/sound?
The typical incision used for a double lung transplant
What is a clamshell incision?
Commonly referred to as a WHIPPLE, this surgery is often performed to remove a tumor.
What is a pancreatoduodenectomy?
Variceal banding is used to stop this type of bleeding.
What is a GI bleed?
Pain with passive stretch, pallor, pulselessness, paralysis, paresthesia
What are signs of compartment syndrome?
Tremors, bradykinesia, rigidity, impaired posture and balance, speech changes, change in writing size are signs of this disease.
What is Parkinson's?
This is the typical cannulation site for IABP
What is femoral?
You may hear staff refer to this "code" when a patient has had an unfortunate and messy accident in bed.
What is a Code Brown?
This organ is removed in a glossectomy
What is the tongue?
This orthotic can be issued by OT to prevent foot drop on a patients with a lower leg external fixator.
What is a foot plate?
Clinical symptoms include cognitive deficits, gait disturbances, and urinary incontinence.
What is Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (or NPH)?
This nerve is severed during a heart transplant which causes an inaccurate reflection of heart rate during activity
What is the Vagus Nerve?
This long time Presby employee is known to staff as the one who "hooks you up" with your lunch and extra pickle
Who is Toula?
These muscles are typically affected in a patient with critical illness myopathy.
What are proximal muscles?
This fracture occurs to the distal tibia and involves the articular surface of the ankle joint.
What is a pilon fracture?
A stroke in this part of the brain is most commonly associated with neglect.
What is right frontoparietal?
This device creates an electrical artificial action potential in order to control arrhythmias.
What is a pacemaker?
People who suffer from this disorder have a compulsion to consume non edible objects such as dirt, hair, paint, or paper.
PICA
Often noted as SBP, this infection is often screened for in people with liver disease.
What is Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis?
This is the last bone in the body to ossify.
What is the clavicle?
This cranial nerve is responsible for sensation of the face and tongue and the muscle of mastication.
What is the Trigeminal Nerve?
An infection causing a collection of pus in the pleural space.
What is an empyema?
The technical term for a blood pressure cuff.
What is a sphygmomanometer?