Chapter 121 - Diarrhea

Question 1

3 broad etiologic categories of diarrhea

Answer 1

iatrogenic, primary GI, non-GI

Question 2

4 classification of diarrhea

Answer 2

osmotic, secretory, altered permeability, deranged motility

Question 3

Where are the organs parvo/panleukopenia spread to?

Answer 3

bone marrow, lymphoid organs, intestinal crypts: peripheral leukopenia, intestinal villus blunting and collapse.

Question 4

What is the most common form of IBD?

Answer 4

lymphocytic-plasmacytic, also eosinophilic and granulomatous form are reported.

Question 5

T/F: diarrhea is more commonly associated with hypomotile rather than hypermotile.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Why budesonide has potentially less side effect compared with glucocorticoid?

Answer 6

locally active steroid: undergo significantly first pass metabolism, thereby limiting systemic absorption

Question 7

What is the choice of antibiotics of Campylobacter spp.

Answer 7

Macrolide erythromycin

Question 8

What are the indications of probiotics?

Answer 8

antibiotics-associated diarrhea, diarrhea resulting from alteration of the normal GI flora