75-year-old with abdominal aorta aneurysm

A 75-year-old male undergoes an abdominal CT looking for liver metastases from a known colonic adenoma. On the CT a 4.9 cm abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Which of the following risk factors is NOT a contributor to this pt's AAA?


a) His age.
b) Hypercholesterolemia.
c) Diabetes.
d) Smoking.
e) Hypertension.


Answer:

Bio Meditech System Orders

Any of you interested in getting the medical tools which were displayed by Bio Meditech System last Saturday during the Surgical Meeting ?

Send your name , contact number and the item you want to purchase to us at imusurgicalsociety@gmail.com .

We are sending in orders next Friday ( 29th June 2012 ). A representative from Bio Meditech System will bring the items ordered to IMU Seremban.

If you have any enquiries, do not hesitate to contact us. You can check out the medical instruments here.

http://www.imusurgicalsociety.blogspot.com/2012/06/bio-meditech-system-booth.html

So hurry up and make your order k ! CHEERS!

Map To IMU Clinical School Seremban

Thinking of driving to IMU ?

Here's a map to ease your journey here ! Just in case anyone needed it !

4 more days !!


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1. Exit at Seremban-Port Dickson Toll. 
2. Turn left when you reach the T-junction. 
3. Continue straight on and you'll come to a traffic light . 
4. Go up the ramp onto Jalan Rasah . 
5. Continue straight until you reach the next traffic light .
6. At the traffic light , turn right . 
7. Continue straight and turn right into IMU Clinical School Seremban. 

If its too complicated , there are road signs once you are at the junction out from the toll . Follow the road signs or you may contact any of us . 

Chua Shi Yi 017-8822612

Kevin Kwan 016-7780132

Robin Goh 010-2215270

Cheers !

Bio Meditech System Booth : Ophthalmoscopes & Otoscopes etc.

Dear friends , I’m glad to announce that Bio Meditech System will be coming to IMU on the 16th of June in conjunction with our 1st Surgical Meeting . Bio Meditech System is a company that distributes medical tools. They are distributors of Riester products . 

Some of these products that are useful to medical students include ophthalmoscopes, otoscopes , stethoscopes , tendon hammers , pen torches and combination sets .

Their recommended products are the e-scopes which would come in handy during your ophthalmology and ENT postings . The e-scope include both opthalmoscope and otoscope. They come in 2 colors ( black & white ). 

Find out more about Riester products here ( e-scopes ) and video preview . 

There will be a booth for sale of these products during our 1st Surgical Meeting on the 16th of June 2012.

For those who are interested, do prepare some cash to purchase the medical tools during lunch time and refreshments . 

A set of e-scopes range around RM 350 . 

There are ATM machines (Bank Islam and BSN) in the hospital opposite IMU where you can withdraw money if you did not bring enough cash . Feel free to ask any of the committee members for directions to the ATM machines. 

If you have any enquiries , do leave us a comment or send us an email at imusurgicalsociety@gmail.com

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