Clinical Presentation of the Diseases of the Stomach Flashcards

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A 74 y.o. female, PMHx significant for longstanding diabetes for 23 years, presents with complaints of early satiety, bloating, and intermittent vomiting of undigested food. What is her most likely diagnosis?

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gastroparesis (delayed gastric emptying)= disorder that slows or stops the movement of food from the stomach to the small intestine.

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What are the symptoms of gastroparesis (delayed gastric emptying)?

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epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, bloating, and early satiety

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What is the most recognized disorder of delayed gastric emptying?

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DIABETIC gastroparesis

*bare in mind, gastroparesis can also often be seen in non-diabetic patients

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What is the best test to confirm gastroparesis?

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gastric scintigraphy (nuclear medicine test) after anatomic obstruction is ruled out. After about 90 mins if more than 50% of the nuclear tracing is still visible in the stomach, you can diagnose gastroparesis.

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What specifically is impaired in diabetic gastroparesis?

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both phase 3 of the interdigestive migrating motor complex (MMC), and phasic activities of the postprandial antral motility

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How do you treat gastroparesis?

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  • dietary modifications
  • prokinetic agents (be wary of tardive dyskinesia side effect).
  • G and/or J tubes
  • gastric electrical pacing for DM related
  • gastrectomy
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What else can cause gastroparesis?

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after gastric operations, progressive systemic sclerosis, or primary or secondary amyloidosis
*most common cause is idiopathic (we don’t know)

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What are some acid peptic disorders?

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gastritis, gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers that occur due to a break in the mucosal lining.
*affects millions each year

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Can peptic ulcers be caused by chronic NSAID use?

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YES

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What are the aggressive factors that can lead to acid peptic disorders?

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Endogenous factors= acid and pepsin
Exogenous factors= H. pylori and NSAIDS
*Ischemia (in ICU settings especially)

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What are the 2 largest risk factors for ulcer bleeding in the ICU?

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  1. coagulopathy
  2. intubation
    * If a patient has either of these PUT THEM ON A PPI (NOT H2 blocker, because a patient will build a tolerance to H2 blockers after a few days).
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Why would you put a patient on a PPI to help reduce the risk of an ulcer bleeding?

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because elevating the pH helps a clot to stabilize :)

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What is Helicobacter pylori?

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  • spiral shaped, gram negative, flagellated bacterium that is able to live is gastric acidic environment.
  • causes chronic gastritis, most peptic ulcers, and gastric adenocarcinoma and lymphoma
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How do we get H. pylori?

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route of transmission remains unknown

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Is reinfection after cure unusual?

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YES

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Could H. pylori be associated with nongastrointestinal disorders?

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YES including chronic urticaria, CHD, HTN, migraine, raynaud…

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How do you test for H. pylori?

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Invasive techniques= urease test, histology, bacterial culture.
Noninvasive testing= urea breath test (used more for confirming eradication), stool antigen, serology, or PCR.

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When should you test for H. pylori?

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  • active peptic ulcer
  • PMHx of ulcer
  • Hastric MALT (mucoas-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma.
  • Testing should only be performed if treatment is intended.
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Are DUODENAL ulcers often associated with H. pylori?

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Are GASTRIC ulcers often associated with H. pylori?

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Is dyspepsia (nausea, uncomfortable, queasiness) often associated with H. pylori?

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YES 20-60%

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Is gastric cancer often associated with H. pylori?

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YES 70-90%

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** What percentage of patients with H. pylori infection will develop ulcer disease? (TEST QUESTION)

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only 10-15%

*Thus there must be other factors important in peptic ulcer disease.

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Does eradication of H. pylori reduce the risk of ulcer recurrence?

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How do we treat H. pylori?
mono, dual, triple (PPI, clarithromycin, and amoxicillin), or quadruple therapy
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What is Zollinger-Ellison syndrome?
- ulceration of the upper jejunum, hypersecretion of gastric acid, and non-beta islet cell tumors of the pancreas. - gastric tumor secreting gastrin (gastrinoma) - could be sporadic or associated with MEN1= 3 Ps: pituitary, parathyroid, and pancreas.
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Where are most gastrinomas found?
duodenum | *majority of pts develop peptic ulcer disease
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What are the 2 most common symptoms of gastrinoma?
abdominal pain and diarrhea
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**** How do you test for gastrinoma if you suspect it? (TEST QUESTION)
1. fasting serum gastrin level (first option) | 2. secretin stimulation test (second option)
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How do we treat gastrinoma?
- acid suppression (PPI) usually higher dose - surgery if not metastatic * prognosis is good for 15 years if not metastatic
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What test is a barium study called?
upper GI series. Ulcers will uptake barium!
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A 42 y.o. male, Hx of several days of abdominal pain, now presents with bright red hematemesis. He admits to ingesting Motrin 800 mg every 8 hours for headaches over the past 2 weeks. After checking blood work including H/H, Plts, PT/PTT, and type and crossing him for blood, you recommend what?
Upper endoscopy because anyone who vomits up blood, means you have an UPPER GI BLEED. *never order upper GI series for an active bleed, because barium won't show bleeding, and now you can't do an upper endoscopy for a while until the barium has cleared.
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What is the difference between gastritis and gastropathy?
- gastrITIS= inflammation of the stomach with epithelial damage and repair. - gastrOPATHY= epithelial damage and repair WITHOUT inflammation.
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What can cause gastritis?
infectious agents, drugs, and autoimmune and hypersensitivity reactions
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What can cause gastropathy?
drugs, bile reflux, stress, hypovolemia, and chronic vascular congestion
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What is watermelon stomach?
erythematous radial stripes resembling the rind of a watermelon
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What is the most common internal cancer worldwide?
gastric carcinoma (low in U.S., but high in Japan)
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How do early and late gastric cancers differ?
early does not invade the muscularis propria. Type 1= polyp like Type2= flat Type 3= ulceration
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What is the prognosis for early gastric cancers?
GREAT
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What is important to remember about all gastric ulcers and healing?
you must follow them until they are completely healed!
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Must all gastric ulcers be biopsied?
YES
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What are bezoars?
persistent concretions of foreign matter that are unable to exit the stomach. *most common are plant and vegetable fibers (phytobezoars), persimmons (disopyrobezoars), hair (trichobezoars)
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How do you diagnose bezoars?
UGI series and endoscopy
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Will most swallowed foreign bodies pass from the stomach naturally?
YES
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What is gastric volvulus?
abnormal degree of rotation of one part of the stomach around another
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What is organoaxial volvulus?
around a line joining the pylorus to the CEF
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What is mesenteroaxial volvulus?
around a horizontal line form the center of the greater curvature to the porta hepatis