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Post-operative fever causes
Six W's:
Wind: pulmonary system is primary source of fever first 48 hours, may have pneumonia
Wound: infection at surgical site
Water: check IV for phlebitis
Walk: deep venous thrombosis, due to pelvic pooling or restricted mobility related to pain and fatigue
Whiz: urinary tract infection if urinary catheterization
Wonder drugs: drug-induced fever
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---Anonymous Contributor
 
Post-operative complications (immediate)
"Post-op PROBS":
Pain
Primary haemorrhage
Reactionary haemorrhage
Oliguria
Basal atelectasis
Shock/ Sepsis
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---Jacob George University of Sheffield, UK
 
Fistulas: conditions preventing closure
FETID:
Foreign body
Epithelialization
Tumor
Infection
Distal obstruction
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---Anonymous Contributor
 
Oedema causes: generalised
"HILARI IS SAVE" (Hilary):
Heart failure
Iatrogenic
Liver causes
Aldosterone increased/ ADH increased
Renal cause
Inadequate protein in blood (hypoalbuminaemia)
· Causes for the inadequate protein in blood are:
Intake Inadequate (Kwashiorkor)
Secretion fro pancreas decreased (pancreatitis)
Synthesis decreased (liver failure)
Absorption decreased (Crohn's disease)
Vomit (pyloric stenosis)
Excretion increased (nephrotic)
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---Lau Yue Young Geoffrey Medical Student '03, Hong Kong University
 
Oedema causes: localised
ALIVE:
Allergic (angio-oedema)
Lymphatic (elephantiasis)
Inflammatory (infection, injury)
VEnous (DVT, chronic venous insufficiency)
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---Lau Yue Young Geoffrey Medical Student '03, Hong Kong University
 
GI bleeding: causes
ABCDEFGHI:
Angiodysplasia
Bowel cancer
Colitis
Diverticulitis/ Duodenal ulcer
Epitaxis/ Esophageal (cancer, esophagitis, varices)
Fistula (anal, aortaenteric)
Gastric (cancer, ulcer, gastritis)
Hemorrhoids
Infectious diarrhoea/ IBD/ Ischemic bowel
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---Lau Yue Young Geoffrey HKU
 
Melanoma sites
"Mel SEA" (Pronounced "Mel C" from the Spice Girls)
· Melanoma sites, in order of frequency:
Skin
Eyes
Anus
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---Lior Greenberg Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
 
Fistulas: conditions preventing closure
FRIEND:
Foreign body
Radiation
Infection/ Inflammation (Crohn)
Epithelialization
Neoplasia
Distal obstruction
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---Danny Rosin and Adam W. Beck, M.D. Unspecified and UT-Southwestern Hospital Systems
 
Appendicectomy: complications
WRAP IF HOT:
Wound infection
Respiratory (atelectasis, pneumonia)
Abscess (pelvic)
Portal pyemia
Ileus (paralytic)
Fecal fistula
Hernia (r. inguinal)
Obstruction (intestinal due to adhesions)
Thrombus (DVT)
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---Sami Almusawa JUST
 
Compartment syndrome: signs and symptoms
· 5 P's:
Pain
Palor
P ulseless
Paresethesia
Pressure (increased)
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---Michelle Zetoony Medical Student 2003, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
 
 
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