Gastrointestinal conditions flashcards
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Twenty flashcards on common digestive conditions: key symptoms, signs, tests and first treatment.
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- Pain near the navel that moves to the right lower quadrant?
- Acute appendicitis.
- Positive Murphy sign suggests what?
- Acute cholecystitis.
- First imaging test for suspected gallbladder disease?
- Right upper quadrant ultrasound.
- Charcot triad of ascending cholangitis?
- Fever, jaundice, right upper quadrant pain.
- Lipase level that supports acute pancreatitis?
- At least 3 times the upper limit of normal.
- Two most common causes of acute pancreatitis?
- Gallstones and alcohol.
- Left lower quadrant pain and fever in an older adult?
- Diverticulitis.
- Bacterium linked to peptic ulcer disease?
- Helicobacter pylori.
- Upper GI bleed: first priorities?
- Two large-bore IVs, fluids, transfusion as needed, IV PPI, then endoscopy within 24 hours.
- Suspected variceal bleed: drug to start with antibiotics?
- Octreotide.
- Celiac disease screening blood test?
- Tissue transglutaminase IgA plus total IgA.
- Dysphagia to solids and liquids with bird beak on barium swallow?
- Achalasia.
- Projectile nonbilious vomiting in a 3 to 6 week old infant?
- Pyloric stenosis.
- Colorectal cancer screening start age at average risk?
- 45 years.
- Bloody diarrhea with continuous inflammation starting at the rectum?
- Ulcerative colitis.
- Transmural bowel inflammation with skip lesions?
- Crohn disease.
- Pain out of proportion to exam in an older patient with AFib?
- Acute mesenteric ischemia.
- Cirrhosis with confusion: first-line drug?
- Lactulose.
- Most common cause of small bowel obstruction in adults?
- Adhesions from prior surgery.
- Refeeding syndrome: key electrolyte that drops?
- Phosphate.