CSFA PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

A 60 YEAR OLD OBESE PATIENT WITH A HISTORY OF DIABETES AND RENAL INSUFFICIENCY HAS UNDERGONE DRAINAGE OF AN ABDOMINAL ABSCESS THROUGH A MIDLINE INCISION. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR WOUND CLOSURE? - ANSWER-AN INTERRUPTED RETENTION SUTURE LINE SHOULD BE USED A CHIARI MALFORMATION IS THE DISPLACEMENT AND HERNIATION INTO THE CERVICAL CANAL OF THE 1.HYPOTHALAMUS 2.CEREBELLUM 3.OCCIPITAL LOBE 4.PONS - ANSWER-CEREBELLUM A LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP USED FOR BREAST RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING A MASTECTOMY GETS ITS MAIN BLOOD SUPPLY FROM WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARTERIES? 1.THORACODORSAL 2.LONG THORACIC 3.SUPERIOR MESENTERIC 4.INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC - ANSWER-1.THORACODORSAL A LONG TERM COMPLICATION OF A CEMENTED TOTAL HIP IS? 1. ANTERIOR DISLOCATION 2.POSTERIOR DISLOCATION 3. LOOSENING OF THE PROSTHESIS 4.IMPINGEMENT OF THE SCIATIC NERVE - ANSWER-3. LOOSENING OF THE PROSTHESIS A PATIENT WHO HAS SUSTAINED A SHOTGUN WOUND TO THE RIGHT ANTERIOR SUPERIOR AREA OF THE THIGH IS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LEG AND HAS LOSS OF SENSATION IN THE SKIN OVER THE ANTEROMEDIAL ASPECT OF THE THIGH. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING NERVES HAS BEEN DAMAGED? 1.OBTURATOR 2.GENITOFEMORAL3.FEMORAL 4.ILIOINGUINAL - ANSWER-3.FEMORAL A PATIENT WHO IS OPPOSED TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION ON RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE IS UNDERGOING A HYSTERECTOMY. DURING SURGERY, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT BLOOD LOSS CAUSING HEMATOCRIT TO DROP TO 30% WITH A RESULTING DROP IN OXYGEN SATURATION. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE? - ANSWER-INCREASE IV FLUID DRIP TO ALLOW HEMODILUTION AFTER A MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT, A PATIENT COMING OFF BYPASS SHOWS SIGNS OF CARDIAC ISCHEMIA. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MOST LIKELY HAPPENED DURING THE PROCEDURE TO CAUSE THIS? 1.LIGATION OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA 2.OCCLUSION OF THE CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY 3.OCCLUSION OF THE INNOMINATE VEIN 4.LIGATION OF THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY - ANSWER-2. OCCLUSION OF THE CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY