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Buzzwords Flashcards

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Bird beak appearance and distended oesophagus

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Achalasia

Bowel obstruction if in lower GI

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Gingival hypertrophy leading to gingivectomy/biting on own gums

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Side effects of

  • Calcium channel blockers
  • Phenytoin
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Grey Turners (lumbar redness) and Cullens sign (umbilical redness) positive

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Acute pancreatitis

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Mnemonic for causes of acute pancreatitis

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G - gallstones
E - Ethanol
T - Trauma

S - Steroids
M - Mumps
A - Autoimmune
S - Scorpion bites/stings
H - Hyperlipidaemia/hyperthermia/hypercalcaemia
E - ERCP
D - Drugs
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Murphys sign positive

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Cholecystitis

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Pale stools, jaundice and abdominal pain

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Biliary obstruction

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Abdominal distension, capit medusae and shifting dullness

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Portal hypertension and ascites

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Pyoderma gangrenosum and erythema nodosum

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Crohns/UC

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Tinkling bowel sounds

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Bowel obstruction

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Vesicular rash and weight loss

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Coeliac disease

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Virchows node (left supra-clavicular)

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Gastric cancer

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Urea breath test

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H pylori

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Carbon-14 breath test

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Bacterial overgrowth

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“Rice-water”-like stools

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Vibrio cholera

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Presence of AMA (Anti-mitochondrial antibodies)

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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

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Presence of ASMA (Anti-smooth muscle antibodies)

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Autoimmune hepatitis

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Alpha Feto Protein assay

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (or teratoma)

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Cobblestone mucosa - indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa

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Crohn’s disease

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Diuretic for ascites (due to cirrhosis)

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Spironolactone

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Corkscrew Oesophagus on barium swallow

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Diffuse oesophageal spasm

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Severe abdominal pain and D&V after raw milk

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Campylobacter

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Russell’s sign

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Self induced vomiting resulting in calluses on the knuckles due to contact with incisors

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Mallorys hyaline bodies

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Alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis)

Chronic active hepatitis

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Crypt abscess/cryptitis

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Crohns

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Onion skinning fibrosis, beading of bile ducts

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

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Signet ring cells seen on biopsy

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Linitis plastica - diffuse stomach cancer

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Thumb printing on AXR commonly at splenic flex urge

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Ischaemic colitis

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Charcots triad

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Acute cholangitis (fever, jaundice and abdo pain secondary to cholelithiasis)

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Causes for abdominal mass (mnemonic)

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A - AAA

C - Crohns
H - Hernia
E - Enlarged organ
M - Malignancy
I - Intussusception
C - Cyst/Abscess
A - Appendicitis
L - Lymphadenopathy
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Causes for bowel obstruction (mnemonic)

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B - Bolus
A - Adhesions
T - Tumour
H - Hernia

V - Volvulus
I - Intussusception
P - Pseudo-obstruction
S - Stricture

Year 1 - Gastrointestinal (DP) (8 decks)

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