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Atul Gawande
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Atul Gawande
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?
(a) Heart surgery.
(b) Abdominal surgery.
(c) Removal of his appendix.
(d) Hernia surgery.

2. Who examined a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against the computer?
(a) Andrew Weaver.
(b) Henrich Wagner.
(c) Hans Ohlin.
(d) John Brighton.

3. What did Tommy Lasorda always eat before a game when he managed the Los Angeles Dodgers?
(a) Prime rib.
(b) Linguine.
(c) Quiche.
(d) Macaroni and cheese.

4. How old was the patient who needed a central line?
(a) In his thirties.
(b) In his forties.
(c) Fiftyish.
(d) In his sixties.

5. How old was the woman that Gawande saw in the emergency room his first day as a surgical resident?
(a) Early 30s.
(b) Late 20s.
(c) Mid 30s.
(d) About 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many siblings does Goodman have?

2. Who was the chief resident in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?

3. When installing a central line, how long is the wire that is inserted into the vein toward the vena cava ?

4. At any given time, approximately what percent of practicing physicians are unfit to see patients?

5. How long might it take in most hospitals to repair a hernia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most important criteria for becoming a surgeon?

2. Why did Rowland Scott Quinlan have to give up his firm to his partners?

3. What is the newest theory of pain proposed by Melzack after abandoning the Gate-Control Theory?

4. Why was there no reason to operate on Quinlan's back?

5. Describe the technical exhibit hall.

6. What one study did Gawande find that linked increased traffic accidents to Friday the thirteenth?

7. What is an EKG?

8. How do surgeons learn to do new procedures once they are out of training?

9. Why did Gawande have to leave a teenage knifing victim and go tend to another emergency?

10. Why do many experts believe that the M&M is a shabby approach to analyzing error and improving performance in medicine?

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