Appendix
The lifetime incidence of acute appendicitis in the US
What is 7%
The hold time for GLP-1 agonstists
What is 1 week for weekly dosing, 1 day for daily dosing
The most common skin cancer
What is Basal Cell Carcinoma (75%)
Pain elicited by extending the hip with the knee in full extension or by flexing the hip against resistance, seen classically with retrocecal appendicitis
What is the Psoas sign
All oral agents should be held on the day of surgery except for these SGLT-2 inhibitors (canagliflozin, dapagliflozin and empagliflozin), which should be held for *** days
What is 3 days
The recommended surgical margin for melanoma in-situ
What is 0.5 cm margin
What is Cefoxitin, Cefotetan, Unasyn, Cipro&Flagyl
LAR, APR, Colectomy (Hgb<9),Splenectomy, Gastrectomy and this surgery require preoperative T/S
what is HIPEC
This fascia surrounds the kidney
What is Gerota's fascia
Axillary vein, latissimus dorsi muscle pec minor muscle and this nerve are the boundaries of the axilla for dissection
What is the long thoracic nerve
Acceptable percentage of normal appendices removed with the preoperative diagnosis of appendicitis
Hold time for Pradaxa for CrCl >/= 50 (standard bleeding risk)
what is 2 doses (1 day)
This artery bleeds in bleeding duodenal ulcers
What is the gastroduodenal artery
National colon cancer screening guidelines
What is : either colonoscopy every 10 years, sigmoidoscopy every five years, or FIT every year.
what is >7mm
For patients on GLP-1 agonists who completed a bowel prep, it is reasonable to proceed with the procedure even if they have not held the GLP-1 agonists if they have been on clears for .....
36-48 hours prior to the procedure.