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3 - Approach To GI Flashcards

1
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Halitosis

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Bad breath

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Halitosis could mean

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Dental disease, necrotic oral tumor, oral foreign body, uremia, GI ulcers, gastric tumor

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3
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Dysphagia

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Difficulty in eating

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4
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Gagging is a what sign

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Pharyngeal sign

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5
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How is gagging stimulated

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Mechanical irritation of posterior palate or pharynx

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Gagging could be due to

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Foreign body, post nasal drip, nasopharyngeal polyp, pharyngitis, and nausea

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7
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Ptyalism

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Drooling

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8
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Retchig

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Unproductive vomiting

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Regurgitation is active or passive

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Passive

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Regurgitation definition

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PASSIVE expulsion of food, fluid, or other material

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Vomiting

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ACTIVE expulsion of ingesta from the stomach

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12
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Localization of regurgitation

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Esophagus

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13
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Localization of vomiting

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Caudal to gastroesophageal sphincter - stomach, small intestine

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14
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Nausea with regurgitation?

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No

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15
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Bile with regurgitation

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No

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16
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Questions to ask for regurgitation v vomiting

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Is there abdominal press, warning, is there bile material expelled

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Hematemesis

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Vomiting blood

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Hematemesis can be signs of

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Gastric ulcer/erosion, duodenal ulceration, tumors, coaguloapthy

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19
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Hematochezia

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Frank red blood in teh stool

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20
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Hematochezia indicates disease of

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Anal sac, rectum, large intestine

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21
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If the Hematochezia is independent of defecation what is it

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Anal sac disease

22
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If the Hematochezia is w normal stool

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Rectal disease

23
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If Hematochezia is with diarrhea

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Large intestine disease

24
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Melena

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Black, tarry feces - digested blood

25
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Melena can be from

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Upper GI loss, swallowing blood or iatrogenic

26
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How is hemorrhagic diarrhea different than Hematochezia

A

Larger volume

27
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Hemorrhagic diarrhea is seen with what small intestine disease

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Acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome and Parvovirus enteritis

28
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Most common reason for cats drooling

A

Hepatic encephalopathy

29
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Regurgitation has to do with

30
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Vomiting has to do with

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Stomach / intestines

31
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Hemmorahic diarrhea volume

32
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Hemorrhagic diarrhea suggest

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Loss of mucosal barrier

33
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Hemorrhagic diarrhea seen with

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Acute hemmoraghic diarrhea syndrome and parvovirus enteritis

34
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Small bowel diarrhea suggest problems with

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Digestion and absorption

35
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Major signs with small bowl diarrhea

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Weight loss, polyphasic, mucous , vomiting, Melena

36
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Major signs with large bowl diarrhea

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Increase frequency, small volume, lots of mucous

37
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Eructation

38
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Flatulence

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Expulsion of gas from anorectal canal

39
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Borborygmus / Borborygmi

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Rumbling noise of gas

40
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If borborygmus is in the thorax what is it

A

Diaphragmatic hernia

41
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Acute abdomen

A

Sudden onset of severe abdominal pain that often requires surgical intervention

42
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Evidence of peripheral edema signals

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Hypoalbuinemia

43
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Occasional is

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1 -2 times per month

44
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Intermittent is

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1 or more times a week

45
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Acute range

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Less than 7 - 14 days

46
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Chronic range i

47
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Secondary GI disease examples

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Kidney disease, hepatopathy, DKA, pancreatitis

48
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Primary GI disease

A

Disease of oropharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine , rectum

49
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What endocrine testing do u do for dogs

A

Baseline cortisol

50
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What endocrine testing do you do for cats

51
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What is indicated in any acutely vomiting animal

A

Intestinal obstruction, gastric dilation, abdominal mass,

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