A 23 year old male is stabbed in the left axillary region be…
A 23 year old male is stabbed in the left axillary region between the 5th and 6th ribs. The knife eventually punctured the lung causing a pneumothorax. After the hypodermis, what is the correct order of tissues through which the knife went?
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A 37 year old patient with severe CP, SOB, and CHF was admitted to a local hospital. His coronary angiogram reveals thrombosis in the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery. What condition could result from blockage of blood flow in the circumflex branch? (Hint: stenosis = narrow; insufficiency = leaky)
Read DetailsA 61 year old male falls off a ladder and breaks multiple ri…
A 61 year old male falls off a ladder and breaks multiple ribs. He immediately has difficulty breathing and calls for an ambulance. Paramedics do not hear breath sounds on his right side. If he has a pneumothorax, what happened to the right intrapleural pressure?
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A 45 year old male, with a history of cocaine abuse and cigarette smoking, presents with extreme weakness in his bilateral lower extremities. An angiogram demonstrates a thrombosis in a vessel supplying 2/3 of the spinal cord. Which vessel(s) was / were blocked leading to the spinal cord ischemia?
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