CSFA: Quiz I and Answers Verified by
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When discussing the labs prior to a patient's' scheduled mammoplasty, it is noticed that the
patient's K+ is 5.4. After reviewing the Normal Lab Values Chart below, you can conclude that
the patient is suffering from which of the following:
A. hypercalcemia
B. hypocalcemia
C. hyperkalemia
D. hypokalemia hyperkalemia (Potassium helps carry electrical signals to cells in your
body. It is critical to the proper functioning of nerve and muscles cells, particularly heart muscle
cells. Normally, your blood potassium level is 3.6 to 5.2 millimoles per liter (mmol/L).
When placing a drain for an abdominoplasty, which of the following is MOST commonly used?
A. Jackson-Pratt
B. Malecot
C. Pleur-Vac
D. T-tube Jackson-Pratt- can be a bulb or circle suctioned active drain. (malecot-
mushroom tip catheter/four corners expand out. renal/bladder. Pleur-vac- chest drainage with box
, to reestablish negative pressure within the pleura space. T tube gavitiy drain/passive- common
bile duct- helps drain access bile until edema subsides/ cholangiogram investigate tract.)
Which of the following organs has a fragile collagen rich capsule and must be handled carefully?
A. Kidney
B. Gallbladder
C. Liver
D. Spleen Spleen - thick fibrous connective tissue.(Holds in the red/white pulp) Kidney-
tough fibrous layer surrounding the kidney and covered in a layer of perirenal fat known as the
adipose capsule of kidney.)
Which of the following positions is used for a LAVH (laparoscopic assisted vaginal
hysterectomy)?
Reverse Trendelenburg
Supine
Lateral recumbent
Lithotomy Lithotomy
Experts
When discussing the labs prior to a patient's' scheduled mammoplasty, it is noticed that the
patient's K+ is 5.4. After reviewing the Normal Lab Values Chart below, you can conclude that
the patient is suffering from which of the following:
A. hypercalcemia
B. hypocalcemia
C. hyperkalemia
D. hypokalemia hyperkalemia (Potassium helps carry electrical signals to cells in your
body. It is critical to the proper functioning of nerve and muscles cells, particularly heart muscle
cells. Normally, your blood potassium level is 3.6 to 5.2 millimoles per liter (mmol/L).
When placing a drain for an abdominoplasty, which of the following is MOST commonly used?
A. Jackson-Pratt
B. Malecot
C. Pleur-Vac
D. T-tube Jackson-Pratt- can be a bulb or circle suctioned active drain. (malecot-
mushroom tip catheter/four corners expand out. renal/bladder. Pleur-vac- chest drainage with box
, to reestablish negative pressure within the pleura space. T tube gavitiy drain/passive- common
bile duct- helps drain access bile until edema subsides/ cholangiogram investigate tract.)
Which of the following organs has a fragile collagen rich capsule and must be handled carefully?
A. Kidney
B. Gallbladder
C. Liver
D. Spleen Spleen - thick fibrous connective tissue.(Holds in the red/white pulp) Kidney-
tough fibrous layer surrounding the kidney and covered in a layer of perirenal fat known as the
adipose capsule of kidney.)
Which of the following positions is used for a LAVH (laparoscopic assisted vaginal
hysterectomy)?
Reverse Trendelenburg
Supine
Lateral recumbent
Lithotomy Lithotomy
