ABSITE 1998
American Board of Surgery In-Training/Surgical Basic Science
Examination
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| Gastrointestinal |
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Body as a Whole
Clinical Management
- Hyperacute reject renal transplant
- Charact/rx von Willebrand's Disease
- Perioperative rx hemophilia
- Dx/Rx pancreatic Abscess
- Dx rejection renal allograft
- Indic placement Swan-Ganz Catheter
- Fluid rx child in shock
- Recurrence rate laparoscop hernia repair
- Tissue typing renal transplant
- Rx urokinase overdose
- Conditions associated with Warfarin-induced skin necrosis
- Dx colonic ischemia, ruptured AAA
- Rx neurogenic shock
- Intraoperative diagnosis of tension pneumothorax
- Adjuvant chemotherapy sarcoma extremity
Basic Science
- Cancer, greatest sensitivity to radiation rx
- Mechanism of protein production from RNA
- Dose/Interval gentamicin Rx
- Effectiveness of spinal anesthesia with morphine
- Mechanical fuel available in starvation
- Characteristic of Llynch Syndrome
- Characteristic of Bacterial Endotoxins
- Conditions associated with intraoperative hypothermia
- Lateral boundary of femoral hernia sac
- Characteristic of platelet function
- Biologic effect of p53 gene
- Define statistical power
- Nitrogen balance in the critically injured patient
Gastrointestinal
Clinical Management
- Rx perforated duodenal ulcer
- Contraindication reversal jejunoilial BP
- Rx squamous cell cancer anal canal
- Rx retained gallstone via t-Tube
- Rx laparoscopic injury CBD
- Rx pancreatic transection
- Dx acute gastric dilatation
- Rx anal fissure
- Rx incomplete reduceable ileocolic intussuseption
- Rx recurrent cholangitis chronic ulcer colitis
- Rx jaundice/choledochal cyst
- Dx pyogenic abscess liver
Basic Science
- Substances absorbed in jejunum
- Effects of abdominal truncal vagotomy
- pathophysiology ascites/alcohol cirrhosis
- Etiology kidney stone post terminal iliectomy
- Anatomy aberrant R hepatic artery
- Congenital anomaly associated mater polyhydraminos
- Mechanism of hepatocellular CA in chronic hepatitis B
- Stomach blood sup transhiatal esophagectomy
- Final metabolic event in producing HCL
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
Clinical Management
- Dx nerve invasion lung tumor
- Character of thoracic outleet syndrome
- Prediction risk CABG
- Abnormal hemodynamic values
- Dx study rupture thoracic aorta
- Indications for carotid endarterectomy
Basic Science
- Anatomy scalenus anticus msucle
- Pulmonary function changes associated with aging
- Hemodynamic changes in hyperdynamic shock
- Dx V/Q mismatch
- Early abnormal carotid ulcer plaque
- Toxicity bleomycin rx
- Role rt-angle rigid bronchoscope
- Contraindication lobectomy lung ca
- Determination of mycardio O2 consumption/energy
expenditure
GU, Head & Neck, Musculoskeletal, etc
Clinical Management
- Rx mixted tumor parotid
- Rx rectal submucosal mass/dysmenorrhea
- Rx squamous cell ca lower lip
- Melanoma associated with early metastasis
- Rx priority blunt torso/head trauma
- Rx preop Phimosis
- Dx torus palatini
- Rx epidermoid ca neck node
- Femoral fx associated with avascular necrosis
- Glasgow coma score closed head injury
Basic Science
- Dx. prerenal azotemia
- Heat Dissipation in hyperthermia
- Posterior vessel feeding circle of willis
- Symp compress 5th lumbar nerve root
- anat epididymis
- CA w/ infrequent metastasis to bone
- Amino acid from skeletal muscle catabolism
- Charact adeno ca kidney
- Vitamin rx wound heal chronic steroid use
- Collagen formation in wound healing
Endocrine, etc
Clinical Management
- Site extra-adrenergic pheochromocytoma
- Rx MEN-II
- Dx acute adrenal insufficiency
- Dx/Rx gastrinoma
- Dx/Rx ITP
- Etiology unilateral breast enlargement man
- Rx DCIS breast
- Rx acute thyroiditis
- Etiol st ridor PO thyroidectomy
- Rx adrenal mass
- Most common site gastrinoma
- Dx lymphangiosarcoma
- Rx LCIS breast
- Timing platelet Rx splenectomy for ITP
Basic Science
- Character phyllodes tumor breast
- cells independent of somatostatin regulation
- Cell site accumulation MIBG
- Rationale splenectomy for ITP
ABSITE Discussion Group
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