NEET SS 24

MRSA infection

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Q) A 50-year-old male  with past history of MRSA presents to the emergency department 7 days after sigmoid colectomy with complaints of purulent drainage from his surgical incision 

Temp is 102 F

Vitals stable

Purulent drainage is easily expressed from the most inferior aspect of the incision.

Which of the following is the most appropriate management of this patient?

a) Open the incision, obtain a fluid culture, and start on an empiric course of IV Vancomycin and Piperacillin-Tazobactam

b) Open the incision, obtain a fluid culture and start on an empiric course of IV Vancomycin alone

c) Open the incision, obtain a fluid culture, and hold off on starting antimicrobial therapy until culture data returns

d) Discharge home on a 7-day course of oral Cephalexin

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Complications of Nutrition

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Q) Which is not a complication of TPN given through central line?

a) Aspiration

b) refeeding syndrome

c) Pneumothorax

d) Osteoporosis

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Grades of Splenic Injury – Image based Question

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Q) 45 year old male with road side accident and fracture of 3 ribs on left side. CT scan of the abdomen is shown below. Out of the five grades of splenic injury What is the grade  in him ?

Splenic Injury grades

 

 

 

 

 

a) Grade II

b) Grade III

c) Grade IV

d) Grade V 

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Ans b Grade III

Grade 1
Subcapsular haematoma <10% of surface area
Parenchymal laceration <1 cm depth Capsular tear
Grade 2
Subcapsular haematoma 10–50% of surface area; Intraparenchymal haematoma <5 cm
Parenchymal laceration 1–3 cm
Grade 3
Subcapsular haematoma >50% surface area; ruptured subcapsular or intraparenchymal haematoma ≥5 cm Parenchymal laceration >3 cm depth
Grade 4
Any injury in the presence of a splenic vascular
injury or active bleeding confned within the splenic
capsule
Parenchymal laceration involving segmental or hilar
vessels producing >25% devascularisation
Grade 5
Any injury in the presence of splenic vascular injurya
with active bleeding extending beyond the spleen
into the peritoneum – shattered spleen
Vascular injury is defined as a pseudoaneurysm or arteriovenous fistula and appears as a focal collection of vascular contrast that decreases in attenuation with delayed imaging.
Active bleeding from a vascular injury presents as vascular contrast, focal or diffuse, that
increases in size or attenuation in the delayed phase

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