ABSITE Final Competency Certification Study Guide Exam Questions with Certified for Accuracy Answers 2024/2025
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ABSITE Final Competency Certification Study Guide Exam Questions with Certified for Accuracy Answers 2024/2025
What is the therapy for steroid-resistant Ulcerative Colitis? - correct answer Try Cyclosporine or infliximab
What is the therapy for acute flares of Ulcerative Colitis? - correct ...
ABSITE Final Competency Certification Study
Guide Exam Questions with Certified for
Accuracy Answers 2024/2025
What is the therapy for steroid-resistant Ulcerative Colitis? -
correct answer Try Cyclosporine or infliximab
What is the therapy for acute flares of Ulcerative Colitis? -
correct answer Steroids
What is the surgical treatment for diverticulitis? - correct
answer For significant complications (total obstruction not
resolved with medical therapy, perforation, or abscess formation
not amenable to percutanesou drainage) or inability to exclude
cancer
What is the second leading cause of cancer deaths? - correct
answer Colorectal Cancer
What is the need for follow-up colonoscopy after an episode of
diverticulitis? - correct answer Rule out colorectal cancer
What is the most sensative test for diverticulosis bleeding? -
correct answer Tagged RBC scan
What is the most important prognostic factor for colorectal
caner? - correct answer Nodal Status
,What is the most common site of injury in patients who receive
XRT for colon cancer? - correct answer Rectum (vasculitis,
thrombosis, ulcers, strictures, bleeding (decreases local
recurrence and increases survival when combined with chemo)
What is the most common major morbidity in patients with
ileoanal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis? - correct answer
Leak which can lead to sepsis
What is the most common locationin the colon for actinomyces? -
correct answer Cecum (often confused with cancer)
What is the most common extraintestinal manifestation requiring
total colectomy in ulcerative colitis? - correct answer Failure to
thrive in children
What is the most common complication from diverticulitis? -
correct answer Abscess formation (can usually percutaneously
drain)
What is the most common cause of lower GI bleeding not related
to Upper GI bleeding? - correct answer Diverticulosis bleeding
(Usually causes significant bleeding, 75% stop spontaneously,
recurs 25%)
What is the most common cause of death following colectomy in
patients with FAP? - correct answer Periampullary tumors of
the duodenum
Patient with a adrenal mass undergoes adrenalectomy without
suspicious findings on imaging or final pathology. What is the
,next step in this patients management? - correct answer
Imaging of the chest, abd, and pelvis q 3 months
How do you differentiate between stage I and stage II
adrenocortical carcinoma? - correct answer Tumor size - Less
than 5 cm: stage I, greater than 5 cm stage II
What CT findings are concerning for an adrenal carcinoma? -
correct answer High attenuation (>20HU), calcifications, size
greater than 4 cm, unilateral locational, heterogeneous
appearance.
During a right adrenalectomy, what is the maneuver to expose
the gland prior to excision? - correct answer Identify the vein
by dissecting superiorly along the IVC to the level of the
diaphragmatic crus.
How much does a normal adrenal weigh in grams? - correct
answer 4-6g
What is the main artery supplying the adrenal glands? - correct
answer Inferior Phrenic artery
What is the treatment for Hirschsprung's disease? - correct
answer Resect the aganglionic colon
Prior to taking down a Necrotizing enterocolitis patients ostomy
you should perform what test? - correct answer Barium enema,
they can have many obstructions or stenotic portions
, What is the most common cause of colovesicular fistula? -
correct answer Diverticulitis (fecaluria, pneumonuria), occurs
in men, women are more likely to get colovaginal fistula
What is the most common acquired cause of Megacolon? -
correct answer Trypanosoma Cruzi
What is the most common (75%) intestinal neoplastic polyp? -
correct answer Tubular Adenoma (generally pedunculated)
What is the maintenance therapy for Ulcerative Colitis? -
correct answer Sulfasalazine (or 5-ASA) and loperamide
What is the interval for high-sensitivity fecal occult blood testing
as a screening option for colon cancer? - correct answer
Annually
What is the interval for high-sensitivity fecal occult blood testing
and flexible sigmoidoscopy as a screening option for colon
cancer? - correct answer Fecal Occult blood testing every 3
years and flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years
What is the interval for colonoscopy as a screening option for
colon cancer? - correct answer 10 years
What is the initial treatment for both toxic colitis and toxic
megacolon? - correct answer NG tube, fluids, steroids, bowel
rest, and abx (Cipro and flagyl) (Treats 50% adequately other
50% need surgery)
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