Arab Board Surgery Part 1 case studies
Arab Board Surgery Part 1 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Arab Board of Health Specializations General Surgery Specialty Examination, Part 1 - widely called Arab Board Surgery Part 1 - is the primary (entry) stage of the Arab Board training pathway in general surgery. It is aimed at surgical residents who have completed, or are close to completing, the foundational years of accredited training and who need to demonstrate command of the basic sciences and principles that underpin safe operative practice before progressing to the final-stage examinations. The Arab Board Surgery Part 1 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,622 words.
1The Borderline Responder: Pelvic Fracture, Free Fluid, and a Head Injury
A 34-year-old man arrives 40 minutes after a high-speed motorcycle collision. He is pale and agitated.
910 words, about 5 min2Postoperative Day Five: A Silent Abdomen in a Steroid-Treated Diabetic
A 62-year-old woman is on day 5 after an elective sigmoid colectomy with a stapled colorectal anastomosis. She has type 2 diabetes (HbA1c 8.9%) and takes prednisolone 10 mg daily for polymyalgia rheumatica.
843 words, about 4 min3Milky Drain, Drowsy Patient: Refeeding After Oesophagectomy
A 58-year-old man is on postoperative day 6 after an Ivor Lewis oesophagectomy for adenocarcinoma. A persistent low-grade fever developed around 24 hours after enteral feeding was started, and the chest drain has produced 1.4 L/day of milky fluid since then.
874 words, about 4 min4Severe Aortic Stenosis and a Perforated Viscus: The Anaesthetic Dilemma
A 78-year-old woman presents with 12 hours of generalised abdominal pain. She has known severe aortic stenosis (valve area 0.7 square cm, mean gradient 48 mmHg, ejection fraction 55%), hypertension and stage 3 chronic kidney disease.
995 words, about 5 min5A Rise in Surgical Site Infection: Statistics, Confounding and Duty of Candour
A surgical directorate reports that colorectal surgical site infection (SSI) rates rose from 6.1% to 9.8% after a change from chlorhexidine-alcohol to povidone-iodine skin preparation, which followed a national supply shortage. There were 340 patients in the before period and 290 in the after period; a chi-square test gives p = 0.04.
1,000 words, about 5 min