ABSITE 2022 Latest Solutions With Questions And Answers

ABSITE 2022 Latest Solutions With Questions And Answers Most common thrombophilia Correct Answer: Factor 5 Leiden (25%) Abnormal EF on HIDA scan Correct Answer: 40% Half lives of albumin vs. prealbumin Correct Answer: 3 weeks vs. 2.5 days Overlap needed of fascia for mesh placement Correct Answer: 3-4 cm Amount of advancement with component separation with external oblique Correct Answer: 10 cm on either side Physiology of schistosomiasis Correct Answer: pre-sinusoidal fibrosis, not cirrhosis; hepatic function is not impaired Most common complication after thyroidectomy Correct Answer: hypocalcemia Failure rate of non-operative management of grade IV/V blunt hepatic injuries Correct Answer: 7-9% How does lactulose decrease ammonia? Correct Answer: Cathartic that decreases colonic bacterial load and inhibits bacterial production by acidifying GI tract What do colorectal metastasis look like on ultrasound? Correct Answer: Hyperechoic is isoechoic with rim of hypoechoic Adverse effect of bacitracin Correct Answer: Nephrotoxicity due to glomerular and tubular necrosis Adverse effect of silver sulfadiazine and what organism good for? Correct Answer: leukopenia; pseudomonas What percent of methemoglobin is bad and what drug causes it? And what is the first line therapy? Correct Answer: 20%; silver nitrate (nitrates in general); methylene blue Types of liver transplants Correct Answer: 1) Bicaval (most common), 2) Piggyback 3) Cavocavostomy What transplant medication causes gallstones as side effect? Correct Answer: Cyclosporine -- causes biliary stasis Meperidine adverse effect(s) Correct Answer: Toxic metabolite normeperidine formed by hepatic metabolism, has a longer half-life and can accumulate with prolonged dosing or especially with renal failure. Can cause life-threatening seizures and CNS irritability Amount of kcal and protein per day Correct Answer: Baseline is 25 kcal/kg and 1-1.5 g/kg. If mild stress, 25-30 and 1.5. If high stress: 30-35 and 1.5-2, and burn patients 40 and 2-2.5 CONTINUES...