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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

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

Disease description: organization of answer

"In A Surgeon's Gown, Physicians May Make Some Clinical Progress":
Incidence
Age
Sex
Geography
Predisposing factors
Macroscopic appearance
Microscopic appearance
Spread
Clinical features
Prognosis
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---Anonymous Contributor

Ulcers: edge types

F PURE:
Flat (eg venous)
Punched-out (eg trophic, arterial)
Undetermined (eg pressure, TB)
Rolled (eg BCC)
Everted (eg SCC)
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---Jamal Khan Birmingham University Medical Student

Post operative order list check-up

FLAVOR:
Fluids
Laboratories
Activity
Vital signs
Oral allowances
Rx [medications]
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---Manuel S. Mendizabal, MD Mercy Hospital of Miami

TPN indications

"MISIPPI Burning":
Major visceral injury
IBD
Sepsis
Ileus
Post-op
Paralysis
Intestinal fistula
Burns
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---Brendan O'Daly University College Dublin