8 Clinical Correlations GI Flashcards
Absence of secretion of bile (acholic stools are white clay colored stools in cholelithiasis)
Acholic
Lack of appetite
Anorexia
Any serious acute intraabdominal condition (appendicitis) attended by pain, tenderness, muscular rigidity and needs emergency surgery
Acute abdomen
Rumbling noise caused by propulsion of gas through the intestines
Borborygmi
A profound and marked state of constitutional disorder; general ill and malnutrition
Cachexia
Stoppage or suppression of bile flow due to factors within or outside the liver
Cholestasis
Denotes blood congealed and separated within gastric contents that takes them form of coffee grounds when in contact with the acidic environment
Coffee-ground emesis
Acute paroxysmal abdominal pain
Colic
Enlarged non-tender gallbladder secondary to pancreatic disease or cancer
Courvoiser’s sign
Ecchymosis around the umbilicus secondary to hemorrhage
Cullen sign
Stress ulcer/peptic ulcer of the duodenum in a pt with extensive superficial burns
Curling ulcer
Stress ulcer/peptic ulcer occurring from severe head injury or with other lesions of the CNS
Cushing ulcer
Postprandial epigastric discomfort
Dyspepsia
Difficulty swallowing
Dysphasgia
Abnormal tissue development, alteration in size, shape, and organization
Dysplasia
Having no teeth
Edentulous
Inflammation of the esophagus
Esophagitis
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
ERCP
Expulsion of swallowed air
Eructation
Endoscopic ultrasound
EUS
Gas or air in the GI tract expelled through the anus
Flatus
Inflammation of the stomach with distinctive histology can and endoscopic features
Gastropathy
Gamma-glutamyl transferase, used to determine the cause elevated alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
GGT
Flank ecchymosis secondary to hemorrhage
Grey turner sign
Foreign body sensation localized in the neck that does not interfere with swallowing and can be relieved by swallowing; often occurs in the setting of anxiety of ODC
Globus pharyngeus
Protective response in muscle resulting from pain or fear of movement
Guarding
Could indicate appendicitis
Heel strike
Vomiting blood
Hematemesis
Passage of bright red blood stool
Hematochezia
Yellow staining of Integument, sclera, deeper tissues, and excretions with bile pigments which are increased in plasma
Icterus
Pt flexes hip against your resistance; increased abdominal pain positive test; irritation of psoas muscle from inflammation of the appendix
Iliopsoas muscle test
Plain abdominal x-ray of kidney, ureters, and bladder
KUB Xray
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
LGIB
Tap the area of the back over the kidney, positivity produces pain, infection around kidney
Lloyd punch
Rebound tenderness 1/3 away from ASIS and umbilicus, appendicitis/peritoneal irritation
McBurneys Point
Dark colored stool, broken down hemosiderin in bowl, tarry
Melina
Lower abdominal pain in the middle of the menstrual cycle doesn’t cause rebound tenderness
Mittelschmerz
Magnetic resonance choliangiopancreatography
MRCP
Palpate deeply under R costal margin during inspiration and observe pain; tests for acute cholecystitis or cholelithiasis
Murphys sign
Sensation of impeding urge to vomit
Nausea
Severe intractable constipation caused by intestinal obstruction
Obstipation
Flex pts R thigh with knee bent and internally rotate hip; R hypogastric pain is positive; irritation of obturator m from inflamed appendix
Obturator muscle test
Painful swallowing
Odynophagia
Abnormal presence of gas in biliary system/bile ducts
Pneumobilia
Abnormal presence of air/gas in mediastinum; may interfere with respiration and circulation; lead to pneumothorax’ pneumopericardium
Pneumomediastinum
Abnormal presence of air or gas in peritoneal cavity
Pneumoperitoneum
Retrocecal appendix; RLQ pain with passive R hip extension
Psoas sign
Substernal burning sensation, heartburn
Pyrosis
Pain upon removal of pressure rather than application of pressure; tests for peritoneal inflammation or acute abdomen
Rebound tenderness
Effortless reflux of liquid or gastric or esophageal food contents in the absence of N/V; spontaneous reflux of gastric contents into mouth
Regurgitation
Peristalsis of stomach and esophagus conducted with a closed glottis
Retching
Hard abdomen, involuntary reflex contraction of abdominal wall
Rigidity
Pain in the RLQ during left sided pressure, referred to rebound tenderness seen in appendicitis
Rovsing’s sign
Fatty, greasy stools
Steatorrhea
Ineffectual and painful straining at stool or urination
Tenesmus
Upper gastrointestinal bleed
UGIB
Local defect, of the surface of an organ or tissue that is produced by the sloughing of inflamed necrotic tissue
Ulcer
Stone from kidney making its way through ureter to bladder, urine analysis will show hematuria
Ureterolithiasis
Palpable mass, lymph node in the L supraclavicular/sternoclavicula fossa
Virchow’s node
Queasiness, retching, forceful ejection of upper gut contents from mouth
Vomiting/emesis
Onset of pain .5-1.5 hours after the inciting event like food or NSAIDS
Located along the lesser curvature of the stomach
H. Pylori risk for complications
Gastric ulcer
Most common
Common to proximal duodenum
Can be from gastronomic (Zollinger-Ellison syndrome)
Onset of pain 3-5 hours after inching event
H. Pylori risk for complications
Duodenal ulcer
Causes of peptic ulcer disease
H. Pylori, NSAIDS, tobacco, EtOH, neoplasia,
Alarm features in dyspepsia
Unintentional weight loss
Progressive dysphagia
Odynophagia
Unexplained iron deficiency anemia
Persistent vomiting
Palpable mass, lymphadenopathy
Family history of upper GI cancer
Inflammation with mucosal injury
Infections agents like H. Pylori due to increase gastric acid secretion
Epithelial cell damage and regeneration without inflammation
Gastritis
Gastropathy
Loss of peristalsis in the distal 2/3 of the esophagus; incomplete LES relaxation during swallowing
***birds beak sign?
Achalasia
Chagas disease causes
Secondary alchalasia
Most prevalent chronic bacterial disease
PUD, chronic gastritis, gastric adenocarcinoma, gastric MALT
Detection?
H. Pylori
Urea breath test
Releases cytotoxins that breakdown the mucosal barrier and underlying cells
Uses the enzyme ___.
H. Pylori
Urease