CD Home Page
surgery Cases
Case List History Objectives Radiology Images Questions
SMALL INTESTINE AND APPENDIX
Case #5 -
A 90 year old with abdominal pain and vomiting

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
6.) What further diagnostic workup is needed preop?

Further preoperative diagnostic evaluation:



Laboratory: CBC with differential, electrolytes, creatinine, arterial blood gases.



Flat and upright abdominal X-rays



CT scan if diagnosis is in doubt or tumor suspected

 
   The Virtual Patient > Case List > SMALL INTESTINE AND APPENDIX : Questions