Table Of Content_ 500 board-formatted questions
and answers
- Detailed explanations for correct
and incorrect answers
- Targets what you really need to
know for clerkship success
_ Student tested and reviewed
Lillian S. Kao
TanliTlY Lee
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Student Reviewers
Jeffrey T. Bruckel
Fourth Year Medical Student
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Class of 2010
Sabrina Islam, MD
Fourth Year Medical Student
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Class of 2010
Jonathan P Meizoso
Fourth Year Medical Student
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Class of 2012
Godwin Ofikwu, MD
PGY2 Surgical Resident
Columbia University
Elizabeth C. Pearce, MD
PGY2 Surgical Resident
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Rory Snepar, MD
PGY1 Resident
UMDNJ
Class of 2011
Contents
Introduction
Pre- and Postoperative Care
Questions
Answers
Critical Care: Anesthesiology, Blood Gases, and Respiratory Care
Questions
Answers
Skin: Wounds, Infections, and Burns; Hands; Plastic Surgery
Questions
Answers
Trauma and Shock
Questions
Answers
Transplants, Immunology, and Oncology
Questions
Answers
Endocrine Problems and the Breast
Questions
Answers
Gastrointestinal Tract, Liver, and Pancreas
Questions
Answers
Cardiothoracic Problems
Questions
Answers
Peripheral Vascular Problems
Questions
Answers
Urology
Questions
Answers
Orthopedics
Questions
Answers
Neurosurgery
Questions
Answers
Otolaryngology
Questions
Answers
Pediatric Surgery
Questions
Answers
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Surgery: PreTest Self-Assessment and Review, Thirteenth Edition, is intended to provide medical
students, as well as house officers and physicians, with a convenient tool for assessing and improving
their knowledge of medicine. The 500+ questions in this book are similar in format and complexity to
those included in Step 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). They may
also be a useful study tool for Step 3.
For multiple-choice questions, the one best response to each question should be selected. For
matching sets, a group of questions will be preceded by a list of lettered options. For each question in
the matching set, select one lettered option that is most closely associated with the question. Each
question in this book has a corresponding answer, a reference to a text that provides background to the
answer, and a short discussion of various issues raised by the question and its answer. A listing of
references for the entire book follows the last chapter.
To simulate the time constraints imposed by the qualifying examinations for which this book is
intended as a practice guide, the student or physician should allot about 1 minute for each question.
After answering all questions in a chapter, as much time as necessary should be spent in reviewing the
explanations for each question at the end of the chapter. Attention should be given to all explanations,
even if the examinee answered the question correctly. Those seeking more information on a subject
should refer to the reference materials listed or to other standard texts in medicine.
Pre- and Postoperative Care
Questions
1. A 48-year-old woman develops constipation postoperatively and self-medicates with milk of
magnesia. She presents to clinic, at which time her serum electrolytes are checked, and she is noted to
have an elevated serum magnesium level. Which of the following represents the earliest clinical
indication of hypermagnesemia?
a. Loss of deep tendon reflexes
b. Flaccid paralysis
c. Respiratory arrest
d. Hypotension
e. Stupor
2. Five days after an uneventful cholecystectomy, an asymptomatic middle-aged woman is found to
have a serum sodium level of 125 mEq/L. Which of the following is the most appropriate management
strategy for this patient?
a. Administration of hypertonic saline solution
b. Restriction of free water
c. Plasma ultrafiltration
d. Hemodialysis
e. Aggressive diuresis with furosemide
3. A 50-year-old patient presents with symptomatic nephrolithiasis. He reports that he underwent a
jejunoileal bypass for morbid obesity when he was 39. Which of the following is a complication of
jejunoileal bypass?
a. Pseudohyperparathyroidism
b. Hyperuric aciduria
c. Hungry bone syndrome
d. Hyperoxaluria
e. Sporadic unicameral bone cysts
4. Following surgery a patient develops oliguria. You believe the oliguria is due to hypovolemia, but
you seek corroborative data before increasing intravenous fluids. Which of the following values
supports the diagnosis of hypovolemia?
a. Urine sodium of 28 mEq/L
b. Urine chloride of 15 mEq/L
c. Fractional excretion of sodium less than 1
d. Urine/serum creatinine ratio of 20
