PLE Category: Surgery

PLE-8269

After a blunt or penetrating trauma, air emboli can form when an airway is damaged and air enters the pulmonary vein before reaching the left heart. However, what is the minimum volume of air required to cause a clinically significant embolus?

PLE-8262

While watching TV, a family requested help from Sagip Kapamilya for their child to undergo a Kasai Procedure. Do you know the proper timing for a Kasai Procedure?

PLE-8263

What is the more appropriate management for a burn patient who will undergo reconstructive surgery due to a 10% TBSA burn on the right lower extremity?

PLE-8264

What is the primary problem of a patient with Ludwig’s Angina who is suffering from a neck mass?

PLE-8265

A patient with liver cirrhosis will undergo a surgical shunt to decrease portal hypertension. Which of the following options has a lower incidence of hepatic encephalopathy?

PLE-8261

A trauma patient with gross hemorrhage from a large hacking wound in the thigh, with the following vital signs: CR: 125 bpm, RR: 22 cpm, BP: 110/80. May have an approximate blood loss of around?

PLE-8258

What is the most common intracranial complication of otitis media?

PLE-8259

Which cytokine is secreted by the macrophages and has been identified as the primary inducer of muscle catabolism and cachexia during stress?

PLE-8260

After an apparent heated argument with a Siga, a patient sustained a penetrating gunshot wound in the neck above the cricoid cartilage and the angle of the mandible on the right. The patient is hemodynamically stable with noted hoarseness of the voice. Which of the following would be the appropriate management?