Dyspepsia Flashcards
What are the common causes of acute pancreatitis?
Gallstones, alcohol use, hypertriglyceridemia, idiopathic causes, trauma, steroid use, infections, autoimmune conditions, and certain medications.
Includes conditions like Hashimoto’s, IBD, and drugs such as tetracycline and furosemide.
What are the autoimmune causes of acute pancreatitis?
- Autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto’s, IBD (ulcerative colitis) rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren’s syndrome, sarcoidosis and primary biliary cholangitis.
Which scorpion causes acute pancreatitis?
Tityus obscurus
Yellow scorpion
What drugs cause acute pancreatitis?
- Drugs such as tetracycline, furosemide, thiazide, azathiioprine, valproic acid and
What is the primary function of the pancreas?
Divided into exocrine (secreting pancreatic juice) and endocrine (secreting glucagon and insulin) functions. Pancreas is found in front of vertebrae L1 and L2, between the duodenum and spleen.
What is the pathophysiology of pancreatitis?
Premature activation of trypsinogen in the duct increases duct pressure, causing tissue damage and inflammatory responses that causes micro vascular thrombosis and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome.
What increases risk of pancreatitis?
smoking and bacterial infections like campylobacter jejuni, mycobacterium tuberculosis and mycobacterium Avium.
What are the clinical presentations of acute pancreatitis?
Moderate to severe abdominal Epigastric pain, nausea, weight loss, and pain relief by sitting forward.
How does biliary pancreatic pain present?
sharper pain radiating to back
How does alcoholic/metabolic aetiology of pancreatitis present?
sluggish onset of dull and generalised epigastric pain
What are the clinical findings for pancreatitis?
epigastric tenderness with decreased bowel sounds, rigidity and some guarding. Cullen’s sign, Grey-Turner’s
Fox’s sign
Type 3c diabetes may develop from pancreatitis, which is manageable with oral diabetes medications and insulin
Patient may have fever, tachycardia and hypotension. There may be signs of jaundice
What does Cullen’s sign indicate?
Yellow/blue bruising around the bellybutton due to peritoneal hemorrhage.
What is grey-turner sign?
Grey-Turner’s sign is ecchymosis in the flanks from intra-abdominal haemorrhage.
What is Fox’s sign?
Fox’s sign is bruising over Inguinal ligament from retroperitoneal bleeding
What are the three criteria for diagnosing acute pancreatitis?
1) Lipase/amylase level 3 times the normal upper limit. 2) Abdominal pain consistent with pancreatitis. 3) Abdominal imaging consistent with pancreatitis.
What are the risk factors for pancreatitis?
Male gender, increasing age, obesity, and smoking.
What is An indicator of pancreatic exocrine function?
faecal elastase enzyme
What is an indicator for endocrine function?
glucose tolerance
What are the investigations for acute pancreatitis?
ABG for prognostic scoring
Serum triglycerides, calcium, LFT
LDH and bone profile
CT with contrast for pancreas
Antibody testing for IgG4 which indicates biliary tract, pancreatic disease, liver and lung disease
ECG
Urinalysis
What initial management is recommended for acute pancreatitis?
*Aggressive fluid resuscitation with crystalloid fluid 15-20ml/KGand monitoring of blood parameters.
*Nil-by-mouth until abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, loss of appetite and ileum improve and nasojejunal feeding
*Monitoring of blood urea nitrogen and haematocrit
*Enteral nutrition within 72 hours of presentation
*Pain management with opioid analgesics starting with NSAID and progressing from low potent opioid to highly powerful opioid
True or False: Type 3c diabetes can develop from pancreatitis.
True.
What is the treatment of gallstones?
cholecystectomy or ERCP, which combines upper GI endoscopy and a tube to inject a dye into the biliary or pancreatic duct
Complications of acute pancreatitis
What are the complications of acute pancreatitis in the first 4 weeks?
Peripancreatic fluid collection, pancreatic abscess, acute respiratory distress, and pancreatic necrosis.
How is pancreatic necrosis treated?
treated with quinolone with metronidazole)