Associations 4 Flashcards
Malabsorption presentation
Weight loss, bloating, diarrhea
Possible steatorrhea, glossitis (B12), dermatitis (zinc), edema
Diarrhea w/ Down Syndrome and dermatitis herpetiformis (very itchy bumps and blisters on knees, elbows, back, butt)
Celiac disease
Where is ethanol absorbed
Stomach
Where is B12 absorbed
Terminal ileum (needs intrinsic factor, made by parietal cells in stomach)
Diarrhea w/ megaloblastic anemia
Tropical sprue (folic acid replacement)
Weight loss, joint pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dementia, cough, bloating, steatorrhea, fever, vision abnormalities, lymphadenopathy, new heart murmur
Whipple disease (Tropheryma whippelii)
Whipple disease dx
Jejunal biopsy shows foamy macrophages on PAS stain and villous atrophy (also PCR)
MC adult chronic diarrhea
Lactose deficiency
MC childhood acute diarrhea
Rotavirus
Secretory diarrhea causes
Normal stool osmotic gap (<50) IBS Laxative abuse VIPomas, gastrinomas, medullary thyroid cancer Carcinoid tumors Ileum resection Enterotoxic bacteria
Osmotic diarrhea causes
Solute collecting in bowel lumen (increased stool osmotic gap, >50 or >125) Malabsorption syndrome Pancreatic insufficiency Lactose intolerance Excess sorbitol, lactulose, milk of Mg Laxative abuse
Inflammatory diarrhea causes
AI inflammatory process or chronic infection
Pediatric diarrhea causes
Infection (rotavirus, adenovirus)
Antibiotics (macrolides)
Immunosuppression
Stool osmotic gap calculation
290 - 2(Na + K)
125 is probably osmotic diarrhea
IBS symptoms
At least 12 wks of symptoms in previous year
Pain relieved w/ defecation
Change in frequency/form of stool
Diarrhea/constipation
Straining, mucus, incomplete feeling, bloating, urgency
Not characteristic of IBS
Anorexia Weight loss Malnutrition Progressively worsening pain Pain that prevents sleep
MCC SBO
Adhesions
Bulges (hernias)
Cancer (neoplasms)
Volvulus, intussusception, Crohnβs, gallstone ileus, bezoar, bowel wall hematoma from trauma, inflammatory stricture, congenital malformation, radiation enteritis
MCC large bowel obstruction
Neoplasm
Diverticulitis, volvulus, congenital stricture
MC benign small bowel tumor
Leiomyoma
MC malignant small bowel tumor
Adenocarcinoma
CT w/ pneumatosis coli (air in bowel wall) and bowel wall thickening
Ischemic colitis
Abdominal pain out of proportion to exam
Acute mesenteric ischemia
Signs of appendicitis
McBurney's point tenderness Psoas sign (pain on hip extension) Rovsing sign (pain w/ RLQ palpation) Obturator sign (pain w/ hip IR)
Causes of ileus
Recent surgery (MC by far) Infection, ischemia, DM, opioid use
Timeline for postop ileus
Small intestine: <24 hrs
Stomach: 2-3 days
Large intestine: 3-5 days
βDouble bubbleβ sign + birdβs beak sign
Volvulus
Carcinoid tumor symptoms
Only if outside GI tract
Be FDR
Bronchospasm
Flushing
Diarrhea
Right-sided valvular heart disease (TC/Pulm)
Increased 5-HIAA in urine, serum serotonin
MC locations carcinoid tumor
Bronchopulmonary tree
Ileum
Rectum
Appendex (MC tumor of appendix)
Bright red painless bleeding from anus
Internal hemorrhoids (above pectinate line)
Bright red painful bleeding from anus
External hemorrhoids (below pectinate line) Anal fissure
Older person + LLQ pain + fever
Diverticulitis until proven otherwise
CT shows increased soft tissue density, colonic diverticula, bowel wall thickening, possible abscess
Diverticulitis
Mild LLQ pain relieved w/ defecation
Diverticulosis
MCC acute lower GI bleeding >40 yo
Diverticular disease (often in sigmoid colon)
APC gene mutation
FAP
Gardner syndrome
Turcot syndrome
Hundreds of polyps in colon, APC mutation
FAP (almost definite malignancy)
Cancer arises from normal-appearing mucosa, neoplasms tend to form in proximal colon
Hereditary nonpolyposis CRC (HNPCC)
Many colonic adenomas + bone and soft tissue tumors; APC mutation
Gardner syndrome (high risk of malignancy?)
Hamartomas + mucocutaneous pigmentation of mouth, hands, genitals
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (low risk of malignancy)
Many colonic adenomas + malignant CNS tumors
Turcot syndrome (high risk of malignancy)
Polyps (usu hamartomas) of colon, small bowel, stomach that are frequent source of GI bleed
Juvenile polyposis (slightly increased risk of malignancy later in life)
Iron-deficiency anemia in older men or postmenopausal women
CRC until proven otherwise
Ranson criteria on admission
Acute pancreatitis, increased mortality with 3+ (GA Law) Glucose >200 AST >250 LDH >350 Age >55 WBC >16,000
Ranson criteria during initial 48 hrs
Acute pancreatitis, increased mortality with 3+ (CAlvin & HOBBS) Calcium 10% O2 5 Base deficit >4 Sequestration of fluid >6 L
Exocrine pancreatic cancer labs
CEA, CA 19-9
Possible hyperglcemia
+bilirubin (direct), alk phos
Trousseau syndrome
Migratory thrombophlebitis
Assoc w/ several cancers esp exocrine pancreactic ca
Gastrin-secreting tumor
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Refractory PUD
Insulin-secreting tumor
Insulinoma
Refractory hypoglycemia
Glucagon-secreting tumor
Glucagonoma
Refractory DM
VIP-secreting tumor
VIPoma
Watery diarrhea
TPN complications
Bile stasis - gallstones and acalculous cholestasis
Site for infx and sepsis
Female, fertile, forty, fat
Gallstones
Palpation of RUQ during inspiration stops inspiration secondary to pain
Murphyβs sign - cholelithiasis
Charcotβs triad
Fever, RUQ pain, jaundice
Acute cholangitis
Reynoldβs pentad
Fever, RUQ pain, jaundice (Charcotβs triad)
AMS, Shock or HoTN
Acute cholangitis
Dx cholelithiasis vs cholecystitis vs cholangitis
US vs US/HIDA vs HIDA
Porcelain gallbladder on x-ray
Calcified GB - 10-30% cancer
Usu represents chronic cholecystitis
Prompt cholecystectomy
LUQ pain referred to L shoulder
Kehrβs sign
Splenic rupture
PBC
Intrahepatic bile duct destruction
AI
Females
+AMA (95%), +ANA (70%)
PSC
Intra and extrahepatic bile duct destruction
Assoc w/ UC
Males
+pANCA (maybe), negative AMA, ANA
Beads/Pearls on a string on ERCP
PSC
Indirect bilirubin elevation causes
Unconjugated Excess bilirubin production (hemolytic anemia, erythropoeisis disorders, internal hemorrhage resorption) Impaired conjugation (physiologic disease of the newborn, Gilbert, Crigler-Najjar, hepatocellular disease)
Direct bilirubin elevation causes
Conjugated
Decreased hepatic bilirubin excretion (impaired transport - Dubin-Johnson, Rotor, hepatocellular disease, drug impairment)
Extrahepatic biliary obstruction (PBC, PSC, gallstone in bile ducts, pancreatic or biliary cancer, biliary atresia)
MCC cirrhosis in US
Alcohol
Hep C
Portal HTN symptoms
Varices (esophageal, abdominal, etc)
Ascites
Hepatomegaly
Splenomegaly
Cirrhosis symptoms (sorted by liver fxn)
Clears bili - Jaundice
Makes proteins (clotting factors, albumin) - coagulopathy, decreased protein carrying ability, peripheral edema
Clears toxins (ammonia) - encephalopathy, asterixis
Sex hormone conversion (increased estrogen w/ failure) - spider telangectasias, palmar erythema; gynecomastia, testicular atrophy in men
Misc - weakness, weight loss, digital clubbing, Dupuytren contractures in hands
Ascites + jaundice + hepatomegaly + RUQ pain
R/O Budd-Chiari syndrome (thrombosis and occlusion of hepatic vein or hepatic portion of IVC secondary to hypercoagulability)
Can look like R CHF except no JVD
Portal HTN - prehepatic causes
Portal vein thrombosis
Portal HTN - hepatic causes
Cirrhosis, schistosomiasis, parenchymal disease, granulomatous disease
Portal HTN - posthepatic causes
R CHF, hepatic vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari
Paracentesis, SAAG > 1.1
Portal HTN (cirrhosis, alcoholic hepatitis, heart failure, constrictive pericarditis, massive hepatic metastases, Budd-Chiari)
Paracentesis, SAAG <1.1
High albumin in ascites (peritoneal carcinomatosis eg ovarian Ca, peritoneal TB, pancreatitis, serositis)
Low serum albumin (nephrotic syndrome)
Paracentesis: high albumin, LDH = 60% serum LDH
R/O neoplastic etiology
Paracentesis: +WBC (neutrophils), +protein, -glucose, LDH > serum LDH
R/O spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, esp if fever
Wilson disease cause
Impaired copper secretion in young adults (<40)
Deposits in brain (personality changes, loss of coordination, psych sx, dysphagia, tremor), liver (hepatomegaly, jaundice), cornea (Kayser-Fleischer rings)
Wilson disease screening
Decreased serum ceruloplasmin
Risk factors HCC
HBV or HCV Cirrhosis Hemachromatosis Schistosomiasis Excessive consumption of aflatoxin from Aspergillus-infected food
MCC liver malignancy
Mets from breast, lung, colon
Paraneoplastic syndromes from HCC
Hypoglycemia Polycythemia (+EPO) Refractory watery diarrhea Hypercalcemia Skin lesions
Cancers that cause paraneoplastic polycythemia (+EPO)
Potentially really high HCT Pheochromocytoma RCC HCC Hemangioblastoma
MC TEF
Esophageal atresia (blind pouch) + distal TEF
Projectile nonbilious emesis + olive-sized epigastric mass
Pyloric stenosis
MC surgery in 1st 2 months
Pyloromyotomy
Preterm/low birth weight w/ abdominal distention, bilious vomiting, hematochezia after starting tube feeds
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Bad radiological signs in necrotizing enterocolitis
Air in bowel wall (necrosis, gangrene)
Portal vein gas, free air under diaphragm (perforation)
Meconium ileus + obstipation + blast sign
Hirschprung disease
Currnt jelly stool + palpable, sausage-like abdominal mass
Intussusception
MCC/risk factors of intussusception
Children - Meckelβs diverticulum, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, adenovirus, CF
Adults - cancer until proven otherwise
MCC bowel obstruction in 1st 2 years
Intussusception
Meckel diverticulum rule of 2s
Males 2x more than females
Within 2 feet of ileocecal valve (Meckel pet scan)
2 types ectopic tissue (gastric, pancreatic)
2% of population
Before 2 years of age
Criteria for failure to thrive <2 yo
Weight <10%
Rate of daily weight gain less than expected for age
Study to identify relative risk, examine rare exposures, confirm risk factors
Cohort (can be prospective or retrospective, takes a group with the same exposure and follows)
Study to identify odds ratio, identify possible risk factors, examine rare diseases
Case-control (retrospective comparison of group of patients with disease with group of healthy controls; subject to recall and selection bias)
Study to create hypothesis for risk factors, ID prevalence
Cross-sectional survey
MCC UTI/pyelonephritis
E. coli = MCC Staph saprophyticus Klebsiella Proteus (Enterbacter)
MCC nephrolithiasis
Calcium oxalate stones (idiopathic hypercalciuria)
Cause of struvite stones
UTI w/ urease+ bacteria (Proteus, Klebsiella)
Cause of calcium phosphate stones
Hyperparathyroidism, RTA
Cause of uric acid stones
Chemo drugs
Gout
Cause of cystine stones
Cystinuria (genetic disease)
Staghorn calculi
Struvite kidney stones
Cystine kidney stones
Radiolucent kidney stones
Uric acid stones
Causes of temporary hematuria
Idiopathic UTI Exercise Trauma Nephrolithiasis Endometriosis (bladder)
Causes of persistent hematuria
Glomerular disease (50 yo)
Causes of hydronephrosis
Nephrolithiasis BPH Neoplasm Posterior urethral valves Other obstructions, anatomic defects
Associated w/ ADPKD
Berry aneurysms (SAH)
MVP
Mild AR
Hepatic cysts
MCC interstitial nephropathy
Drugs (NSAIDs, abx; allopurinol, PPIs, diuretics, etc)
Toxins (cadmium, lead, copper, mercury, mushrooms)
Infections, AI, myogobinuria, rhabdo
Presentation of interstitial nephropathy
Rash + fever
Increased creatinine + eosinophilia
MCC ARF
Drugs (ATN)
Prerenal causes ARF
Hypovolemia (real or sensed by kidneys)
Sepsis
Renal artery stenosis
Drug toxicity
Intrarenal causes ARF
ATN (drugs, toxins)
Glomerular disease
Renal vascular disease
Postrenal causes ARF
Obstruction (stones, tumor, adhesions, BPH)
FENa
(Urine Na / Serum Na) / (Urine Cr / Serum Cr)
2% = ATN/intrarenal/postrenal cause
BUN:Cr ratio
> 20 suggests prerenal cause
MCC CKD
HTN or diabetes (75%)
MCC death in dialysis patients
CVD
Rash + fever + increased Cr + eosinophilia
AIN
RNA Type I
Distal, impaired H secretion
High urine pH (>5.3)
Low K
Possible kidney stones
RNA Type II
Proximal, impaired HCO3 absorption
NL urine pH (<5.3)
Low K, Low HCO3
Bone lesions (rare)
RTA Type IV
Hypoaldosteronism (could be caused by DM)
NL urine pH (<5.3)
High K
Causes of metabolic alkalosis
Vomiting
Diuretics (contraction alkalosis)
Cushing syndrome, hyperaldosteronism, adrenal hyperplasia
Causes of respiratory alkalosis
Hyperventilation
- High altitude
- Asthma
- ASA toxicity
- Pulmonary embolism
Causes of respiratory acidosis
COPD
Respiratory depression
- Narcotic OD
- NM weakness
Causes of +anion gap metabolic acidosis
MUDPILES Methanol Uremia (kidney failure) DKA Polyethylene glycol Isoniazid/Iron Lactic acidosis Ethylene glycol/ethanol Salicylate toxicity
Causes of normal anion gap metabolic acidosis
Diarrhea (MCC)
RTA
Addisonβs/Hypoaldosteronism
TPN
CT chest w/ honeycomb pattern
Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
Causes of SIADH
Any CNS Pulmonary (esp PNA, SCLC) Drugs (NSAIDs, antidepressants, antipsychotics, antineoplastic agents, carbamamzepine, ecstasy, vasopressin, DDAVP) HIV/AIDS Major surgery
Causes of hypernatremia
Dehydration Fluid loss, skin (burns, sweating) Fluid loss, GI (diarrhea, vomiting) DI Iatrogenic
Too rapid hydration w/ hypernatremia
Cerebral edema (correct <12 meq/24 hrs)
Tall peaked T waves on EKG
Hyperkalemia
Flat T waves/U waves on EKG
Hypokalemia
Overly rapid replacement of K in hypokalemia
Arrhythmias
Causes of hyperkalemia
Metabolic acidosis Aldosterone deficiency Adrenal deficiency Tissue breakdown Insulin deficiency K-sparing diuretics, BB, ACE/ARB, digoxin RTA Type IV
Causes of hypokalemia
Poor dietary intake Alkalosis Hypothermia Vomiting, diarrhea Hyperaldosteronism RTA Types I and II Insulin, diuretics (loop/TZD), albuterol, acetazolamide
Causes of hypercalcemia
Hyperparathyroidism Neoplasm (PTHrP or bony destruction) Immobilization Thiazide diuretics High ingestion Ca carbonate and milk (milk-alkali syndrome) Sarcoidosis \+Vitamin A or D
Causes of hypocalcemia
Hypoparathyroidism Hyperphosphatemia Chronic renal failure Vitamin D deficiency Loop diuretics Pancreatitis Alcoholism
Shortened QT interval, electrolyte cause
Hypercalcemia
Long QT interval, electrolyte cause
Hypocalcemia
Chvostek / Trousseau sign
Hypocalcemia
Shifts K out of cells (hyperkalemia)
Low insulin BB Acidosis Digoxin Cell lysis (leukemia)
Shifts K into cells (hypokalemia)
Insulin
B-agonists
Alkalosis
Cell creation/proliferation
Risk factors bladder cancer
Smoking Schistosomiasis (SCC, developing countries) Cyclophosphamide Aniline dyes, petroleum byproducts Recurrent UTI Male 3x > Female
MC cancers in males (occurrence)
Highest mortality cancers in males
Prostate, lung, colon
Lung, prostate colon
Urethritis + gram negative diplococci
N. gonorrhea (also seen on Thayer-Martin culture)
Urethritis + negative gram stain
Chlamydia (confirm w/ NAAT)
MC germ cell tumor of testis
Seminoma
Scrotal pain differential
Epididymitis (infection signs, pain decreases w/ support) Testicular torsion (++pain, testicle elevated, pain does not change w/ support)
MC renal tumor in kids
Wilmβs tumor
MC s/sx of Wilmβs tumor
Palpable flank mass (MC)
Abdominal pain (30%)
HTN (25%)
Hematuria (12-25%)
WAGR syndrome
Wilms tumor
Aniridia
GU abnormalities
mental Retardation
Age for diagnosis/treatment of enuresis
Cannot be diagnosed before physical and developmental age 5
Usu donβt start treatment until age 7
Risk of undescended testes
Testicular cancer (risk reduced but not eliminated by surgical correction) Infertility Bring testes into scrotum by 6-12 months for improved function (spontaneous descent usu by 6 months)
MC obstructive urethral lesion in newborns/infants and how to dx
Posterior urethral valves
Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG)
Suspect in male w/ daytime incontinence at inappropriate age or male w/ UTI