Ch. 306 - Major Signs and Symptoms of Digestive Tract Disorders Flashcards
The sensation of something stuck in the throat without a clear etiology
Globus
Swallowing is a complex process that starts where
In the mouth with mastication
Occurs when transfer of food bolus from mouth to esophagus is imapired
Oropharyngeal dysphagia
Oropharyngeal dysphagia is aka
Transfer dysphagia
Structures affected in oropharyngeal dysphagia
Striated muscles of the mouth, pharynx, and UES
Most serious complication of oropharyngeal dysphagia
Life-threatening aspiration
Occurs when there is difficulty in transporting food bolus down the esophagus
Esophageal dysphagia
Causes of esophageal dysphagia
1) Neuromuscular disorders 2) Mechanical obstruction
T/F Primary motility disorders causing impaired peristaltic function and dysphagia is common in children
F, rare
Cause a fixed impediment to the passage of food bolus because of a narrowing within the esophagus, as in a stricture, web, or tumor
Intrinsic structural defects
Caused by compression from vascular rings, mediastinal lesions, or vertebral abnormalities
Extrinsic obstruction
T/F Structural defect cause more problems in swallowing solids than liquids
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A thin ring of mucosal tissue near the lower esophageal sphincter that is a mechanical cause of recurrent dysphagia
Schatzki ring
Esophageal symptoms are usually referred to what anatomic landmark
Suprasternal notch
The effortless movement of stomach contents into the esophagus and mouth
Regurgitation
T/F Infants with regurgitation are often hungry immediately after an episode
T
A result of GER through an incompetent or immature LES
Regurgitation
T/F Regurgitation or “spitting” resolves with maturity
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Prolonged lack of appetite
Anorexia
Satiety is stimulated by
Distention of the stomach or upper small bowel
A highly coordinated reflex process that may be preceded by increased salivation and begins with involuntary retching
Vomiting
Vomiting, as a reflex process is coordinated in the
Medullary vomiting center
2 causes of bile-stained vomitus
1) Obstruction below 2nd part of duodenum 2) Repeated vomiting in the absence of obstruction when duodenal contents are refluxed into stomach
A syndrome with numerous episodes of vomiting interspersed with well intervals
Cyclic vomiting
2 criteria that must be present for cyclic vomiting in children as defined by Rome III criteria
1) 2 or more periods of intense nausea and unremitting vomiting 2) Retching lasting hours to days and return to usual state of health lasting weeks to months
Onset of cyclic vomiting is usually
Between 2 and 5 years of age
Average frequency of vomiting episodes in cyclic vomiting
12 episodes per year, each episode lasting 2-3 days and 4 or more emesis episode per hour
Episodes of vomiting in cyclic vomiting usually comes during what time of the day
Early hours or upon wakening
Precipitants of cyclic vomiting
1) Infection 2) Physical stress 3) Psychologic stress
T/F More than 80% of children with cyclic vomiting have a 1st-degree relative with migraines
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T/F Many patients with cyclic vomiting develop migraines later in life
T
Diarrhea is best defined as
Excessive loss of fluid and electrolyte in the stool
Acute diarrhea is defined as a sudden onset of excessively loose stools of ___mL/kg/day in infants and ____g/24 hrs in older children
> 10, >200
By definition, acute diarrhea lasts for how long
Less than 14 days
Chronic or persistent diarrhea lasts for how long
> 14 days
Normally, a young infant has approximately ___ /day stool output
5mL/kg
The greatest volume of intestinal water is absorbed in which part of the GIT
Small intestine
T/F The colon concentrates intestinal contents against a high osmotic gradient
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T/F Disorders that interfere with absorption in the small bowel tend to produce voluminous diarrhea, whereas disorders compromising colonic absorption produce lower-volume diarrhea
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Small-volume, frequent bloody stools with mucus, tenesmus, and urgency
Dysentery
The predominant symptom of colitis
Dysentery
Basis of all diarrhea
Disturbed intestinal solute transport and water absorption
Secretory vs osmotic diarrhea: Cholera
Secretory
Secretory vs osmotic diarrhea: Large volume
Secretory