CPD II Quiz UGI II and Lower GI I Flashcards

1
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Pathology of Cirrhosis

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extensive fibrosis that disrupts normal liver architecture

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PE Cirrhosis

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Nail clubbing, small liver

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What are the effects of liver disease on drug metabolism?

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Liver dz can alter intestinal absorption, plasma protein binding, liver blood flow, etc.
- This increases level of bioavailable drug = toxic effects.

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What are the two types of liver injury due to Drug-induced liver injury (DILI)?

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  • hepatocellular (serious): from acetomenophine
    - malaise, RUQ pain
  • cholestatic (less serious): from amoxicillin
    - pruritis and jaundice
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Fibrosis

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excessive connective tissue accumulates in the liver in response to chronic, repeated liver cell injury (scar tissue)

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Sx fibrosis

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no sx, but secondary sx can develop

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Cirrhosis

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late stage of hepatic fibrosis that is widespread distortion of hepatic architecture

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sx cirrhosis

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non specific (anorexia, wt loss, fatigue)
late sx: portal HTN
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Lab workup cirrhosis

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LFT normal
albumin and bilirubin
PT
CBC
viral tests for causes
*liver biopsy
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PE for cirrhosis

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  • liver edge bumpy

- pallor, jaundice, petechiae, purpura, ascites, splenomegaly, nail clubbing

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Primary biliary cirrhosis

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autoimmune

  • destruction of bile ducts
  • leads to cholestasis, cirrhosis, liver failure,
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Sx primary biliary cirrhosis

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insidious fatigue, pruritis, dry mouth, RUQ pain, jaundice, Middle aged women.

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PE primary biliary cirrhosis

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enlarged, firm, non-tender liver

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14
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work-up

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elev GGT and alk phos

biopsy

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15
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causes of vascular liver disorders

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ischemia: reduced blood flow, reduced O2 delivery, inc metabolic activity
insufficient venous drainage

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Hepatic ischemic hepatitis

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  • impaired hepatic profusion due to heart failure or acute hypotension
  • hyoxemia: resp failure or CO2 toxicity
  • increased metabolic demand (sepsis)
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SX ischemic hepatitis

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nausea, vomitting, tender hepatomegaly

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lab for schemi hepatitis

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high aminotransferase
inc in bilirubin
LDH increases (septic)
*US, MRI

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ischemic cholangiopathy

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focal damage to biliary tree due to disrupted flow from the hepatic artery

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causes of cholangiopathy

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vascular injury during procedures that result in bile duct injury

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what does bile duct injury cause?

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cholestasis, chalngitis, biliary strictures

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Sx cholangiopathy

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pruritis, pale stool

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congestive hepatopathy

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diffuse venous congestion in the liver that results from RCHF

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SX congestive hepatopathy

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asx, RUQ discomfort

- if severe cong = jaundice

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PE congestive hepatopathy

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acites, hepatomegaly

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causes of hepatic artery occlusion

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thrombosis, emboli, iatrogenic causes, vasculitis, structural abn, eclampsia, cocaine, sickle cell crisis

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sx hepatic artery occlusion

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infarction can be asx or cause RUQ pain, fever, nausea, vomitting, jaundice

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Bud chiari syndrome

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obstruction of hepatic venous outflow from small hepatic veins inside liver to inferior vena cava and R atrium

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Causes bud chiari syndrome

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hypercoagulable states

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sx bud chiari syndrome

- acute and chronic obstruction sx

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none to fulminant liver failure

  • acute obstruction: fatigue, RUQ pain, nausea, vomitting, mild jaundice
  • chronic: asx, or fatigue, abdominal pain, hepatomegaly, edema
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31
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prognosis bud chiari syndrome

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die within 3 years of liver failure if untreated

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cause of veno-occlusive disease

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endothelial injury leading to non-thrombotic occlusion of terminal hepatic venues and hepatic sinusoids
- irradiation, graft, hepatotoxins

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ssx veno-occlusive disease

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sudden jaundice

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PE veno-occlusive disease

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ascites, tender, smooth, hepatomegaly

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35
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Portal vein disorders

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cause portal HTN

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36
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causes of portal vein thrombosis

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surger, hypercoagulability, cancer, cirrhosis, trauma

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Peliosis hepatatits

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multiple blood filled cystic spaces develop randomly in the liver

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38
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causes peliosis hepatitis

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damage to sinusoidal lining cells from use of hormones

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sx peliossis hepatitis

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asx, but if cysts rupture, hemorrhage and death can result

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causes Portal HTN

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cirrhosis, schistosomiasis, hepatic vascular abnormalities

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SX Portal HTN

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asx

sx arise from complications

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42
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PE Portal HTN

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low systolic BP
splenomegaly
ascites, peripheral edema
dilated abdominal wall veins, caput madusae
skin jaundice, spider angioma
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43
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lab?

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US and CT = dilated intraabdominal collateral arteries

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44
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Portal Systemic encephalopathy

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neuropsychiatric syndrome

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45
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causes of portal systemic encephalopathy

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fulminant hepatitis caused by viruses, drug, or toxins
cirrhosis, portal HTN
liver disease
cerebral depressants (alcohol, sedatives)

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46
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Primary liver cancer

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hepatocellular carcinoma

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47
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cause hepatocellular carcinoma

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cirrhosis

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48
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risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma

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HBV, HCV, hemochromatosis, alcoholic cirrhosis

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SSX hepatocellular carcinoma

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RUQ pain, weight loss, RUQ mass

50
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workup hepatocellular carcinoma

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alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) high

CT, US, MRI

51
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Metastatic liver cancer

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more common than primary liver cancer

- GI, breast, lung, pancreas

52
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Hepatic Granulomas

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localized collections of chronic inflammatory cells with epithelia cells and giant multinucleate cells

53
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causes hepatic granulomas

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drugs, infections (TB and schistosomiasis)

54
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SSX hepatic granulomas

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asx

55
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Risk factors for cholelithiasis

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5Fs: female, fat, forty, fertile, family hx

SAD diet, American indian ethnicity

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SX cholelithiasis

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asx, RUQ pain that radiates

57
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cholecystitis

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inflammation of gallbladder

58
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acute cholecystitis

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develops in hours becomes a gallstone that obstructs the cystic duct

59
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SSX acute cholecystitis

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pain like biliary colic but lasts longer

vomitting

60
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PE acute cholecystitis

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R subcostal tenderness
+ Murphy sign
- courvosier sign
fever

61
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Chronic cholecystitis

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due to stones

porcelain gallbladder if extensive calcification due to fibrosis

62
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SX chronic cholecystitis

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recurrent biliary colic

63
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PE chronic cholecystitis

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upper abdominal tenderness

afebrile

64
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acalculous biliary pain

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biliary colic without stones from structural or functional disorders

65
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causes acalculous biliary pain

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microscopic stones

abnormal GB emptying

66
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causes postcholecystectomy syndrome (PCS)

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alterations in bile flow due to loss of function of gallbladder as a reservoir

67
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Sx postcholecystectomy syndrome

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dyspepsia, persistent abdominal pain

68
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workup for PCS

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biliary manometry

69
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Choledocholithiasis

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stones in the bile ducts causing biliary colic, biliary obstruction, cholangitis

70
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Cholangitis

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Acute is EMERGENCY

bile duct obstruction allows bacteria to ascend from duodenum

71
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SX acute cholangitis

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Charcot’s Triad:
abdominal pain
jaundice
fever or chills

72
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PE cholangitis

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RUQ tenderness
liver tender and enlarged
confusion and hypotension = 50% mortality rate

73
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Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis

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inrahepatic brown stone formation leading to repeating cycles of obstruction, infection, and inflammation.
SE Asia

74
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cause of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis

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undernutrition and parasitic infxn

75
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What would you expect if you saw biliary colic and jaundice?

What would you expect if you saw these symptoms plus fever and leukocytosis?

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choledocholithiasis and cholangitis

cholangitis

76
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What would you expect to see on labs suggesting stone/extrahepatic obstruction?

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Elev bilirubin, alk phos, ALT, GGT

77
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What would you expect to see on labs due to acute cholangitis

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CBC leukocytosis

LFT: AST and ALT hepatic necrosis

78
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primary sclerosing Cholangitis SX

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progressive fatigue and pruritis, jaundice later, steatorrhea, gallstones 75% of pt, cirrhosis, hepatosplenomegaly

79
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Cholangiocarcinoma

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rare but malignant tumor of extra hepatic bile duct

80
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Risk factors for cholangiocarcinoma

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primary sclerosing cholangitis
older age
infestation with liver flukes

81
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sx cholangiocarcinoma

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pruritis
painless obstructive jaundice
abdominal pain
anorexia
weight loss
82
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PE chalangiocarcinoma

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non-tender palpable mass (courvoiser’s sign)

hepatomegaly

83
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risks gallbladder carcinoma

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uncommon
native american ethnicity
large gallstones
GB calcification due to chronic cholecystitis
most have gallstones
84
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what are the extra PE steps for lower GI issues?

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peritonitis: Blumberg sign
Appendicitis: signs
Ascites: fluid wave and shifting dullness
Cholecystitis: Murphys sign
Kidney inflmm: CVA tenderness
DRE
Gyn and male genitalia exam
85
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Labs for lower GI

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CBC
CMP
amylase/lipase
stool culture
CDSA 
GI health panel
abdominal X-rays
US
endoscopy/sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy
86
Q

List 3 causes of RUQ pain

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Hepatitis
cholecystitis
Budd Chiari syndrom

87
Q

List 3 causes of Epigastric pain

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GERD
Gastritis
PUD
Pancreatitis

88
Q

List 3 causes of LUQ pain

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Spleen infarct
splenic rupture
gastritis

89
Q

List 3 causes of right or left flank pain

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kidney infl
pyelonephritis
polyscystic kidney disease

90
Q

List 3 causes of periumbilical pain

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Early appendicitis
gastroenteritis
bowel obstruction

91
Q

List 3 causes of RLQ pain

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appendicitis
IBD
Ovarian cyst
inguinal hernia

92
Q

List 3 causes of LLQ pain

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Diverticulitis
IBD
IBS
ovarian cyst

93
Q

osmotic diarrhea

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too much water drawn into bowels and increased amount of poorly absorbable solutes

94
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causes of osmotic diarrhea

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maldigestion

ions (mag sulfate, mg, vit C, sugar alcohols)

95
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causes of secretory diarrhea

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enterotoxins (cholera, E.coli, staph)
horomones (serotonin)
gastric hypersecretion (ZE)
laxatives
bile salts
96
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causes of exudative diarrhea

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idiopathic
crohns
ischemic
infections - shigela, salmonella

97
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causes of motility diarrhea

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hyperthyroidism

DM

98
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diarrhea red flags

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blood
pus
fever
signs of dehydration
chronicity
unintended wt loss
99
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red flags for constipation

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abdominal distention
vomitting
blood in stool
weight loss

100
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cause of acute constipation

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obstruction
adynamic ileus
medications

101
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cause of chronic constipation

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carcinoma
hypothyroid
CNS disorders
IBS

102
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red flags for gas

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weight loss, blood in stool

103
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Dyschezia

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difficulty evacuating
urge but can’t go
due to disco ordination of rectal muscles and sphincter

104
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O and P test

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done to find protozoa, worms, eggs, parasites

105
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History for acute abdomen

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LMNOPQRST
concomitants
drug hx
PMHx
previous surgery
106
Q

Causes of inflammation

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appendicitis
cholecystitis
pancreatitis
diverticulitis
abscess
107
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Causes of ischemia

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Ischemic colitis

108
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CBC findings for appendicitis

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WBC count > 10,000 with left shift

109
Q

DDX appendicitis

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females: PID
males: epidiymitis, testicular torsion
acute gastroenteritis

110
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Acute Mesenteric Ischemia

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EMERGENCY

decrease in mesenteric blood flow, leading to bowel wall ischemia, inflammation, and infarction.

111
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causes of acute mesenteric ischemia

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  1. diminished bowel perfusion due to low cardiac output often seen with CHF
  2. occlusive disease of vascular supply if bowel due to thrombosis or embolism
112
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risk factors for acute mesenteric ischemia

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CAD, a fib, hypercoagulability, portal HTN

113
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SX acute mesenteric ischemia

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severe and pain with minimal PE findings
sudden onset suggests embolism
gradual suggests thrombosis
later: guarding, absent bowel sounds

114
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Ischemic colitis

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episodic transient reduction of blood flow to bowel

115
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hernia of abdominal wall

A

Emergency if strangulated

116
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Intestinal obstruction

A

EMERGENCY

complete or partial blockage of small bowel or colon

117
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causes of intestinal obstruction

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adhesions
hernia
tumor
diverticulitis
foreign body
118
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sx intestinal obstruction

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sudden onset periumbilical or epigastric cramping, vommiting,

119
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ileus

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temporary arrest of intestinal peristalsis

120
Q

causes of ileus

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post-surgical
appendicitis
diverticulitis
perforation

121
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sx of ileus

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distention
vomiting
abdominal discomfort
colicky pain