CHOLELITHIASIS Flashcards
1
Q
gallstones aka?
A
cholelithiasis
2
Q
what are the types of stones?
A
cholesterol stones
pigment stones
3
Q
cholesterol stones are hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
A
hydrophobic
4
Q
risk factors for cholesterol stones?
pathogenesis?
A
female
fat
forty
fertile
supersaturation of cholesterol
gallbladder hypomotility
accelerated cholesterol nucleation
mucus hypersecretion
5
Q
bile salts are hydrophilic or hydrophobic?
A
hydrophilic
6
Q
what are the risk factors of pigment stones?
A
hemolytic syndromes
severe ileal dysfunction
bacterial contamination of biliary tree
7
Q
what are the clinical S/S?
A
silent, episodic, spastic biliary colic
8
Q
complications?
A
cholecystitis
empyema
cholangitis, pancreatitis
gallstone ileus
