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ABSITE Exam Study Set| 490+ Questions and
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AJCC staging of sarcomas relies on which factors regarding the tumor? - ✔✔GTNM
system - grade = most important prognosticator - size (T) - nodal involvement (N) - mets
(M)



Annular pancreas is a/w what other conditions? - ✔✔40% have duodenal
stenosis/atresia 20% have Down's



ANOVA - ✔✔analysis of variables - t-test for >2 samples of quantitative data



antibody produced in ITP is what type? - ✔✔IgG



Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is secreted in response to? - ✔✔hypovolemia (most
powerful stimulant) increased serum osmolality



Appearance of cholesterol polyps? - ✔✔Appear as yellow spots on gallbladder
mucosa



appearance of duodenal atresia on plain film? - ✔✔double bubble sign due to gastric
bubble + bubble bounded by pylorus and obstruction



Appropirate crystalloid bolus for treating shock in an infant - ✔✔20 cc/kg



Appropriate fluid bolus for resuscitating a pediatric patient? - ✔✔premature and
infants < 1.5 kg: 150 cc/kg neonates and infants 1.5 - 10kg: 100 cc/kg for 1st 10 kg
infants and children 10-20kg: 50 cc /kg per kg over 10 kg children > 20 kg: 1

,Appropriate mgt of choledochal cysts? - ✔✔excision with clean margins biliary
drainage with Roux-en-Y NOTE: some will treat type II with excision and reconstruction
of bile duct wall



Are chemotherapeutics for breast cancer safe during pregnancy? - ✔✔Agents most
commonly used in initial management are relatively safe during 2nd/3rd trimester -
safe: cyclophosphamide



Are femoral hernias medial or lateral to the femoral vein? - ✔✔medial



are insulinomas usually malignant or benign? - ✔✔> 95% are benign



are patients with Hashimoto's at increased risk for thyroid malignancy? - ✔✔slightly
increased risk for malignancy (thyroid lymphoma) - no increased risk for other thyroid
cancers



Are patients with Hashimoto's hypothyroid - ✔✔euthyroid



Are pediatric inguinal hernias usually direct or indirect? - ✔✔almost always indirect


Are Peutz-Jeghers polyps premalignant? What is the mgt of Peutz-Jegher pts? -
✔✔NO



Are pheochromocytomas tumors of the adrenal cortex or medulla? - ✔✔tumors of
adrenal medulla



Are proton-pump inhibitors a/w carcinoid tumors? - ✔✔NO

,Are the renal pelvices anterior or posterior to renal arteries? - ✔✔renal pelvices are
posterior to renal arteries



At what age does pyloric stenosis usually first manifest? - ✔✔at 3 to 12 weeks of age
starts with nonbilious vomiting which eventually becomes projectile



At what age(s) does gynecomastia usually occur? - ✔✔Occurs during three phases of
life



At what compartment pressure is a fasciotomy indicated? - ✔✔May be needed for
compartment pressures > 30 mm Hg - 30-45 watch carefully - greater than 45 usually
needs intervention



At what joints does Dupuytren's contracture develop? - ✔✔MCP and PIP joints -
begins as nodule formation/proliferation of palmar fascia



At what pO2 is hemoglobin 50% saturated under normal conditions? - ✔✔27



At what point in the cell cycle do most chemotherapeutics act? - ✔✔S phase



At what point in the respiratory cycle do you measure PCWP? - ✔✔on mechanical
ventilation: at bottom of waveform (end-expiration) spontaneously respiring: at top of
waveform (end-inspiration) The idea is to eliminate intra-thoracic pressure as a
confounding factor.



at what point in the trachea does the recurrent laryngeal nerve enter? - ✔✔at the
cricothyroid articulation

, at what size should an asymptomatic popliteal aneurysm be repaired? - ✔✔at greater
than 2 cm



At what spinal level does the spinal artery of Adamkiewicz usually arise? - ✔✔T9-T12



at what vertebral level are found the cardiac accelerator fibers? - ✔✔T1-T4 - can be
hit with thoracic epidurals note: MSO4 epidurals have wider "spread" than Fentanyl



ATPs from anaerobic glycolysis - ✔✔2 and 1 lactate



ATPs from Kreb's cycle - ✔✔38 from 1 glucose



Average age at diagnosis of LCIS? - ✔✔44-47 - two thirds of patients are pre-
menopausal


Average time lapse between radiation treatment for breast cancer and presentation of
radiation-induced sarcoma? - ✔✔10 years - recurrences after this much time should
be considered with high suspicion for sarcoma rather than primary lesion



bacteria implicated in Fournier's gangrene? - ✔✔Bacteroides



best method for biopsy of a melanoma? - ✔✔full-thickness biopsy - important to be
able to gauge the thickness of the tumor in order to stage accurately


best serum test to assess recurrence in a medullary thyroid patient? -
✔✔pentagastrin-stimulated calcitonin

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