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| Localized collection of pus anywhere in the body, surrounded and walled off by damaged and inflamed tissues. |
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| Absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. |
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| Light-colored stool as a result of decreased bile content. |
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| Union of two normally separate surfaces. |
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| Adjoining parts; usually means ovary/fallopian tube. |
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| Outer coat of the wall of a vein or artery (composed of loose connective tissue). |
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| Transient loss of vision in one eye. |
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| Enlarged or dilated ending of a tube or canal |
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| Connection between two tubular organs or parts. |
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| Any deviation from the normal (ie congenital or developmental defect) |
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| Collection of boils (furuncles) with multiple drainage channels. |
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| Surgical incision into the peritoneal cavity. Equal to laparotomy. |
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| Prefix denoting the common bile duct. |
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| Enlargement of the right ventricle caused by lung disease and resultant pulmonary hypertension. |
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| Abnormal sac or closed cavity lines with epithelium and filled with fluid or semisolid material |
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| Surgical removal of an atheroma and the inner part of the vessel wall to relieve an obstruction. |
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| Lysis of peritoneal adhesions |
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| Scab produced by the action of heat or a corrosive substance on the skin. |
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| Inflammation of the apocrine glands, usually caused by blockage of the glands. |
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| Abnormal hardening of a tissue or organ |
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| Failure to pass flatus or stool |
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| Diffuse inflammation of soft tissue resulting in a swollen mass of tissue (most commonly seen with pancreatic tissue) |
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| Circular (complete circles) folds in the lumen of the small intestine. |
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| Foles (semicircular) into lumen of the large intestine. |
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| Fluid-filled cavity not lined with epithelium |
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| Liquid product of inflammation consisting of dying leukocytes and other fluids from the inflammatory response. |
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| Redness; a classic sign of inflammation. |
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| Patient posture with pelvis higher than the head, inclined about 45 degrees. |
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| Damp gauze dressing placed on a wound and removed after dressing dries to the wound, providing microdebridement. |
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| What are the ABCDs of melanoma? |
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Asymmetric
Border irregularities
Color variation
Diameter >0.6 cm and Dark in color |
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| Constant dullness to percussion in the left flank/LUQ and resonance to percussion in the right flank seen with splenic rupture/hematoma. |
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| Ecchymosis over the mastoid process in patients with basilar skull fractures. |
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Seen in cardiac tamponade.
JVD
Decreased or muffled heart sounds
Decreased blood pressure |
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Fat emboli
Mental status changes
Petechiae (often in axilla/thorax)
Dyspnea |
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| Metastatic disease to the rectouterine (pouch of Douglas) or rectovesical pouch that is palpable on rectal examination. |
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| Right subscapular pain resulting from cholelithiasis. |
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Gastric volvulus
Emesis followed by retching
Epigastric distention
Failure to pass an NGT |
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Carcinoid syndrome
Flushing
Diarrhea
Right-sided heart failure |
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Cholangitis
Fever (chills)
Jaundice
Right upper quadrant pain |
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| Twitching of facial muscles upon tapping the facial nerve in patients with hypocalcemia. |
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| Enlarged nontender gallbladder seen with obstruction of the common bile duct, most commonly with pancreatic cancer. |
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Courvoisier's law.
Not seen with gallstone obstruction because the gallbladder is scarred secondary to chronic cholelithiasis. |
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| Bluish discoloration of the periumbical area due to retroperitoneal hemorrhage tracking around to the anterior abdominal wall through fascial planes (eg acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis). |
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ICP
Hypertension
Bradycardia
Irregular respirations |
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| Empty right lower quadrant in children with ileocecal intussusception. |
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| Used to differentiate an intra-abdominal mass from one in intra-abdominal mass from one in the abdominal wall; if mass is felt while there is tension on the musculature, then it is in the wall (ie sitting halfway upright) |
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| Ecchymosis of inguinal ligament seen with retroperitoneal bleeding. |
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| Anal fistulae course in a straight path anteriorly and a curved path posteriorly from midline. |
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| Crunching sound on auscultation of the heart resulting from emphysematous mediastinum; seen with Boerhaave's syndrome, pneumomediastinum, etc. |
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