ABSITE REVIEW QUESTIONS: BASIC SCIENCE (ABSITE 2014)

ABSITE REVIEW QUESTIONS: BASIC SCIENCE (ABSITE 2014)



Are you planning to take the 2014 Absite exam? Do you want to review high yield topics for the basic science part of the exam? If so, this book is for you. This book contains over 200 pages of review.



Last updated: 12/11/13



TABLE OF CONTENTS



ACID/BASE

- Characteristics of diabetic ketoacidosis

- Cause of paradoxical aciduria



ANESTHESIA

- Cardiac risk factors

- Duration of local anesthetics

- Characteristics of malignant hyperthermia

- Characteristics of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)

- Effect of PEEP on cardiopulmonary parameters



BILIARY

- Biliary anatomy

- Gallbladder physiology

- Characteristics of bile acids

- Characteristics of gallstones

- Characteristics of acalculous cholecystitis

- Characteristics of chronic cholecystitis

- Characteristics of emphysematous cholecystitis

- Characteristics of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

- Characteristics of bile duct strictures

- Characteristics of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)

- Characteristics of gallbladder cancer

- Characteristics of hemobilia



BIOCHEMISTRY

- Characteristics of gluconeogenesis







BREAST

- Characteristics of Batson plexus

- Characteristics of Mondor’s disease of the breast

- Characteristics of galactorrhea

- Pathologic findings associated with increased risk of breast cancer

- Breast cancer prognostic factors



CARDIAC SURGERY

- Characteristics of cardiac contusion

- Statistics of ventricular septal defects

- Anatomy of coarctation of the aorta

- Characteristics of tetralogy of Fallot

- Most common location of cardiac myxomas



COLON

- Colon physiology



ELECTROLYTES

- Characteristics of hypocalcemia

- Characteristics of hyperkalemia

- Characteristics of hypokalemia

- Characteristics of hypomagnesemia

- Characteristics of hyponatremia



ESOPHAGUS

- Characteristics of Zenker diverticulum

- Characteristics of esophageal leiomyomas



HEMATOLOGY

- Characteristics of factor V leiden

- Characteristics of hyperhomocysteinemia

- Characteristics of iron deficiency



HEMODYNAMICS

- Renin-angiotensin system



IMMUNOLOGY AND CYTOKINES

- Characteristics of tumor necrosis factor

- Cytokines released after major injury







LIVER

- Liver vascular supply and venous drainage

- Anatomy of the liver segments

- Anatomy of the portal vein

- Acute phase response

- Characteristics of hepatorenal syndrome

- Characteristics of the Pringle maneuver

- Characteristics of focal nodular hyperplasia

- Characteristics of hepatic adenomas

- Characteristics of hepatic hemangiomas

- Characteristics of liver abscesses

- Characteristics of cirrhosis

- Characteristics of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)

- Characteristics of the MELD score

- Characteristics of obstructive jaundice

- Characteristics of polycystic liver disease

- Characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

- Characteristics of hepatoblastoma

- Characteristics of the Child-Pugh scoring system

- Characteristics of acute liver failure



NEUROSURGERY

- Characteristics of peripheral nerve injuries

- The pathophysiology of diabetes insipidus (DI)

- Characteristics of epidural hematomas and subdural hematomas





NUTRITION

- Characteristics of chromium deficiency

- Characteristics of energy expenditure

- Pathophysiology of oxalate stones

- Electrolyte abnormalities in refeeding syndrome

- Complications associated with overfeeding

- Characteristics of total parenteral nutrition (TPN)

- Characteristics of vitamin K

- Characteristics of zinc deficiency







PANCREAS

- Characteristics of pancreas divisum

- Characteristics of Ranson’s criteria in acute pancreatitis

- Characteristics of chronic pancreatitis

- Characteristics of familial pancreatitis

- Characteristics of hyperlipidemic pancreatitis

- Characteristics of pancreatic cancer



PARATHYROID GLAND

- Embryology of parathyroid gland

- Effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH)

- Characteristics of secon