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My ABSITE is in one month. I decided for all of our education purposes I am going to tweet the fact I find weirdest/grossest from my question bank each day.
12/28/20
Humans produce 1.5 L of saliva each day.
12/28/20
Humans produce 1.5 L of saliva each day.
12/29/20
If manual reduction of rectal prolapse is unsuccessful due to severe mucosal edema, may pour table sugar (up to 1/2 a cup) on the prolapsed rectum to reduce the edema before trying the manual reduction again.
If manual reduction of rectal prolapse is unsuccessful due to severe mucosal edema, may pour table sugar (up to 1/2 a cup) on the prolapsed rectum to reduce the edema before trying the manual reduction again.
12/30/20
Gastric bezoars result from accumulation of foreign ingested material & are classified according to composition
Phytobezoars: vegetable matter Trichobezoars: hair Pharmacobezoars: medications
Initial treatment for a phytobezoar is chemical dissolution with Coca-Cola
Gastric bezoars result from accumulation of foreign ingested material & are classified according to composition
Phytobezoars: vegetable matter Trichobezoars: hair Pharmacobezoars: medications
Initial treatment for a phytobezoar is chemical dissolution with Coca-Cola
12/31/20
Stuff in your esophagus that should not be there:
Meat is the most common esophageal body obstruction in adults
Coins are the majority (up to 76% in some studies) of ingested foreign bodies in kids
Disk batteries need to be removed ASAP due to
perforation risk
Stuff in your esophagus that should not be there:
Meat is the most common esophageal body obstruction in adults
Coins are the majority (up to 76% in some studies) of ingested foreign bodies in kids
Disk batteries need to be removed ASAP due to
perforation risk
1/1/21
Overall in medicine we're moving away from using eponyms
Til then, lucky for me, the Brooke technique exists:
A method of maturing a stoma which involving bowel eversion to expose the mucosa followed by mucocutaneous suturing
So, my name helps many people safely poop
Overall in medicine we're moving away from using eponyms
Til then, lucky for me, the Brooke technique exists:
A method of maturing a stoma which involving bowel eversion to expose the mucosa followed by mucocutaneous suturing
So, my name helps many people safely poop
1/2/21
Total volume of blood is about 7-8% of the total body weight
Total volume of blood is about 7-8% of the total body weight
