2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min
2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min
Instructions
You are an intern in the emergency department. Kevin Liu, 19, has uncomplicated appendicitis and is booked for a laparoscopic appendicectomy tonight.
1
Take a focused pre-operative history
2
Obtain consent for a laparoscopic appendicectomy
Results
WCC 14.2 (neutrophils 11.8), CRP 45, Hb 148, UEC and LFT normal, lipase 30. Ultrasound: non-compressible blind-ending tubular structure 9 mm in the right iliac fossa with surrounding echogenic fat; no free fluid, no appendicolith, no collection.
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