PLE Category: Surgery

PLE-7931

Based on the question above, when are the sutures on the face expected to be removed?

PLE-7932

What is the maintenance fluid requirement for a 30 kg child surgical patient who is placed on NPO?

PLE-7933

What is the class of surgical wound at which a 40-year-old female patient underwent cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis?

PLE-7934

Which of the following diagnostic procedures is NOT considered vital for a 20-year-old male patient who lost consciousness in a motorcycle accident?

PLE-7935

A 20-year-old male patient sustained a lower abdominal stab wound. A diagnostic peritoneal lavage was done. Which of the following findings are considered positive and warrant laparoscopy or exploration?

PLE-7936

What does a modified radical mastectomy include?

PLE-7927

In relation to the above question, what pathologies would most likely be revealed by histopath examination of the mass?

PLE-7928

A 7-year-old boy came to the ER with abdominal pain. The abdominal pain has been ongoing for a day and is characterized as generalized. The patient also has a history of an upper respiratory tract infection and vomiting diarrhea 3 days prior to the onset of abdominal pain. On physical exam, there is mild cervical lymphadenopathy. There is direct tenderness on the umbilical and right lower quadrant areas with minimal rebound tenderness. There is also abdominal guarding. During a DRE, there is minimal pain or discomfort and no blood is observed. The CBC reveals elevated WBCs at 14,000. The patient is slightly febrile at 37.8 degrees Celsius. The urinalysis shows RBCs at 0-1, WBCs at 0-1, bacteria at +2, and epithelial cells at +3. There are no casts or crystals. What is the most likely initial impression?

PLE-7929

How many milliliters of lactated Ringers should be infused in the first 8 hours following the Parkland formula for a 70kg, 50-year-old male patient who sustained the following burns: partial thickness burns over the lower anterior right leg, full circumferential burns of the left leg, and partial thickness burns over the anterior half of the trunk and posterior lower half of the back?