An elderly woman with a history of cholelithiasis presents with a 5 day history of vague recurrent
abdominal pain and vomiting. What diagnosis do you immediately suspect?
Gallstone ileus
A 60 year old woman leaks urine when laughing or coughing. What are her nonsurgical options?
Kegel exercises
estrogen
pessary
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What is the late, life-threatening complication of chronic myelogenous leukemia?
Blast crisis
What are the classic symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome?
median nerve numbness
radiates to the shoulder
worsens with grasping
decreased strength
thenar muscle atrophy
What scenarios favor a posterior shoulder dislocation?
seizures
,electrocution
When are wrist splints most effective in treating carpal tunnel syndrome?
at night
What is the difference between a Monteggia fracture and a Galeazzi fracture?
m-distal ulnar fracture with radial dislocation
g-distal radius fracture with ulnar dislocation
What complications should you look out for with a fall on outstretched arm and snuffbox
tenderness?
Scaphoid fracture - AVN
What complications should you look out for with a anterior shoulder dislocation?
Axillary nerve injury
What complications should you look out for with a fracture of the 5th metacarpal neck?
abscess from a bite wound
What complications should you look out for with a humerus fracture?
radial nerve lesion
What complications should you look out for with a hip fracture?
AVN
, What complications should you look out for with a femur fracture?
fat embolus
blood loss
What complications should you look out for with a tibial fracture?
compartment syndrome
What complications should you look out for with a pelvic fracture?
hypovolemic shock
What nerve is most at risk with an anterior shoulder dislocation?
Axillary nerve
What nerve is most at risk with a fracture of the humeral shaft?
radial nerve
What nerve is most at risk with a fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus?
axillary nerve
What nerve is most at risk with a fracture at the supracondyle of the humerus?
median nerve
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