Obgyn Key

125Uterine Cancer   CHARACTERISTICS •   Uterine corpus cancer is the most common female gynecologic cancer in the United States with an estimated 61,380 cases and 10,920 deaths in the United States…

219Preoperative Risk Assessment and Optimization   RECOMMENDED LABORATORIES Recommended laboratories include: complete blood count (CBC), partial thromboplastin time (PTT), prothrombin time (PT), comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP), and liver function tests…

201Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancers   •   Hereditary breast and ovarian cancers (HBOC) is usually attributed to the BRCA mutations 1 and 2. The genetic mutation is found on chromosomes 17q21…

37Cervical Cancer   CHARACTERISTICS There are approximately 400,000 new cases of cervical cancer worldwide annually. In 2017 there were 12,820 anticipated new cases identified with approximately 4,210 deaths in the…

251Postoperative Complications   GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLICATIONS •   Ileus         The etiology is often intraoperative manipulation, electrolyte abnormalities, narcotics, peritonitis, abscess, hematoma, or fistula.         Signs are nausea and vomiting, hypoactive or absent bowel sounds,…

228Surgical Procedures   LAPAROTOMY INCISIONS •   The most common vertical incision used for an exploratory laparotomy in oncology is a vertical midline incision. A less commonly used vertical incision is the…

377Palliative Care Pathways   PALLIATIVE CARE Palliative care is an area of health care that specifically focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients from diagnosis onward. It facilitates…

309Chemotherapy   ONE LETTER AND COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY ABBREVIATIONS       A: dactinomycin/actinomycin D       ABVD: adriamycin/doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine       AcFucy: dactinomycin, 5-FU, cyclophosphamide       AI: aromatase inhibitor       B: bleomycin       BEP: bleomycin, etoposide, cisplatin       C:…

309Chemotherapy   ONE LETTER AND COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY ABBREVIATIONS       A: dactinomycin/actinomycin D       ABVD: adriamycin/doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine       AcFucy: dactinomycin, 5-FU, cyclophosphamide       AI: aromatase inhibitor       B: bleomycin       BEP: bleomycin, etoposide, cisplatin       C:…

334Radiation Therapy   RADIATION TYPES There are different types of radiation currently used in medicine. •   X-rays are extranuclear radiation. They occur from the bombardment of an atom/target by another source—usually…