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1. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?

20.

2. What was wrong with Lee Tran?

A tumor.

3. How many years of training did Gawande require to be a general surgeon?

8.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many weeks had Gawande been in training?

4 weeks.

5. How old was the patient who needed a central line?

Fiftyish.

6. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?

Abdominal surgery.

7. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?

Lidocaine.

8. What color of blood indicates that the central line is inserted properly?

Maroon.

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