present with pallor, decreased urine output, cool extremities and poor pulses Coarctation of the Aorta narrowing of aor...

ACUTE CHOLANGITIS Mechanism: obstruction of common bile duct leading to biliary stasis, bacterial overgrowth, suppuratio...

Approach to the Critically Ill Surgical Patient ABC, I’M FINE   A - air way B -breathing C - circulation I - IV: two...

steps in physical exam 1) general observation: patient position (i.e. lying still vs. writhing) 2)vitals: postural changes, fe...

SPECIFIC "SIGNS" ON PHYSICAL EXAMINATION   Blumberg's sign (rebound tenderness): constant, held pressure with sudden ...

CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS stones in common bile duct   Signs and symptoms 50% asymptomatic tenderness in RUQ or epigastriu...

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS   acute or chronic cholecystitis in the absence of stones usually diabetic, immunosuppressed or po...

Comparison of structural details of different regions of the spinal cord Index Central canal Superiorly (Open) : Opens i...

The division of the forebrain vesicle into the Telencephalon & the diencephalon Lateral diverticulum appears from each side of...

  BILIARY COLIC (or CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS)   many patients with acute cholecystitis have a history of episodic biliary colic ...