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Anyone have a situation like this:
I sit down for a set of 50 questions, nice and relaxed tutor mode as I watch TV.
Question 1:
58 yo alcoholic male with chronic pancreatitis develops a cyst near his pancreas. An important complication if this ruptured would be?
Answer: I didn't know the answer, but I remembered something about anaphylaxis happening if you cut something open near the pancreas. I choose anaphylaxis and I am wrong. I read the answer and it turns out it was a psuedocyst and it can rupture to produce hemorrhage. I am ok with this, I learned something.
Question 2: (this was actually about 17 questions later)
56 yo alcoholic man is found unconscious in the bathtub. He is stuporous and covered in vomit. He is clammy and his blood pressure is 80/50. What is the cause of his hypotension?
Answer: Ding Ding, I remember this. I just "treated" a late 50's alcoholic who had a pseudocyst which can rupture and cause hemorrhage, resulting in hypotension. I look for the answer choice, and there it is, option H: Pancreatic Pseudocyst. I am excited. I learned something. WRONG, the explanation tells me this is obviously Acute Hemorrhagic Pancreatitis. When I check to see why my choice was wrong, it doesn't even mention that a pancreatic pseudocyst can rupture and cause hemorrhage.
WTF?
What's the point of even trying......
I sit down for a set of 50 questions, nice and relaxed tutor mode as I watch TV.
Question 1:
58 yo alcoholic male with chronic pancreatitis develops a cyst near his pancreas. An important complication if this ruptured would be?
Answer: I didn't know the answer, but I remembered something about anaphylaxis happening if you cut something open near the pancreas. I choose anaphylaxis and I am wrong. I read the answer and it turns out it was a psuedocyst and it can rupture to produce hemorrhage. I am ok with this, I learned something.
Question 2: (this was actually about 17 questions later)
56 yo alcoholic man is found unconscious in the bathtub. He is stuporous and covered in vomit. He is clammy and his blood pressure is 80/50. What is the cause of his hypotension?
Answer: Ding Ding, I remember this. I just "treated" a late 50's alcoholic who had a pseudocyst which can rupture and cause hemorrhage, resulting in hypotension. I look for the answer choice, and there it is, option H: Pancreatic Pseudocyst. I am excited. I learned something. WRONG, the explanation tells me this is obviously Acute Hemorrhagic Pancreatitis. When I check to see why my choice was wrong, it doesn't even mention that a pancreatic pseudocyst can rupture and cause hemorrhage.
WTF?
What's the point of even trying......
