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bulls eye sign - correct answer-Ultrasound appearance of gastroesophageal junction? rugae - correct answer-irregular folds in stomach formed by mucosa and submucosal 5 mm's - correct answer-the undistended wall should not exceed how many mm's haustrae - correct answer-what are the large sacculations of the colon called? thickened loops with no change with compression - correct answer-slow graded transducer pressure is applied with evaluation of gi tract, what would these findings r...

Appendicitis Inflammation of the appendix usually in persons 10-19. S&S: periumbilical pain, RLQ pain, nvd, anorexia. Pain may initially be epigastric or periumbilical then settle in RLQ. Perforation, peritonitis and abscess formation are all potential complications UC S&S recurrent diarrhea, bloody stools, febrile, polyarthritis, uveitis, sclerosing cholangitis, erythema nodosum and pyoderma gangrenosum UC complications fissures, hemorrhoids, perirectal abscess, toxic megacolon, col...

Surgery EOR Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers what is the most common type of liver cancer? - Answer- hepatocellular carcinoma tx for hemochromatosis (excessive iron loading) - Answer- deferoxamine chelation HBsAg - Answer- acute/chronic infection HBeAg - Answer- VERY INFECTIOUS acute/chronic infection infectivity wild type viral infection anti-HBc - Answer- marker of exposure persists indefinitely anti-HBe - Answer- low infectivity Anti-HBs - Answer- marker of immunity VACCI...

PAEA General Surgery EOR Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass what are the 2 conditions under the inflammatory bowel disease umbrella? - Answer- 1. ulcerative colitis 2. crohn's dz in comparing ulcerative colitis and crohn's dz, which is: -limited to the colon w/ rectum always involved *VS* mouth to anus -transmural *VS* mucosa/submucosa involved -LLQ *VS* RLQ pain -bloody diarrhea *VS* non -complications of perianal dz, strictures, fistulas & granulomas *VS* colon cancer & toxic me...

Esophageal Cancer • Esophageal Cancer with age, males - 17k/year; <15% under 55 - Risk factors: smoking, low fruit & vegetables, obesity, trauma, urban, achalasia, male gender, and GERD and Barrett’s esophagus • Squamous Cell (mid-esophagus) or Adenocarcinoma (esophageal-gastric junction) - Inconsistent link with HPV (+parts of Asia, H. pylori) - Gene-environment interaction (familial aggregation) •Symptoms are late - Difficulty swallowing - decreased Nutritional intake •...

Surgery EOR Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers what is the most common type of liver cancer? - Answer- hepatocellular carcinoma tx for hemochromatosis (excessive iron loading) - Answer- deferoxamine chelation HBsAg - Answer- acute/chronic infection HBeAg - Answer- VERY INFECTIOUS acute/chronic infection infectivity wild type viral infection anti-HBc - Answer- marker of exposure persists indefinitely anti-HBe - Answer- low infectivity Anti-HBs - Answer- marker of immunity VACCI...

Cellular Adaptation - correct answer 1.Atrophy: decrease in cell size 2.Hypertrophy: increase in cell size 3.Hyperplasia: increase in cell number 4. Metaplasia: reversible replacement of one mature cell type by another less mature cell type 5.Dysplasia (atypical hyperplasia): deranged cellular growth (size, shape, and organization) Metaplasia - correct answer Reversible replacement of one cell by another cell type Bronchial metaplasia: (in smokers) - normal columnar ciliat...

PAEA General Surgery EOR Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass what are the 2 conditions under the inflammatory bowel disease umbrella? - Answer- 1. ulcerative colitis 2. crohn's dz in comparing ulcerative colitis and crohn's dz, which is: -limited to the colon w/ rectum always involved *VS* mouth to anus -transmural *VS* mucosa/submucosa involved -LLQ *VS* RLQ pain -bloody diarrhea *VS* non -complications of perianal dz, strictures, fistulas & granulomas *VS* colon cancer & toxic me...

Women's Health - Gynecologic MalignanciesWhat is the MC gynecologic malignancy in the US? - correct answer endometrial cancer What are risk factors for endometrial cancer? - correct answer HONDA -HTN -obesity -nulliparous -diabetes -advanced age -breast CA -tamoxifen -late menopause -high estrogen levels What decreases the risk for endometrial cancer? - correct answer -smoking -oral contraceptives What is the MC type of endometrial cancer? - correct answer adenocarcinom...

1. While shaving one morning, a 23-year-old man nicks his lip with a razor. Seconds after the injury, the bleeding stops. Which of the following mechanisms is most likely to reduce blood loss from a small dermal arteriole? □ (A) Protein C activation □ (B) Vasoconstriction □ (C) Platelet aggregation □ (D) Neutrophil chemotaxis □ (E) Fibrin polymerization - Answer-1 (B) Vasoconstriction :The initial response to injury is arteriolar vasoconstriction, but this is transient, and the coagula...