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Exam 1: GI Final Flashcards

1
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Infectious Enterocolitis

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Microbial infections causing inflammation and diarrhea

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2
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Major global health problem causing large amounts of child and infant deaths

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Infectious Enterocolitis

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3
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Vomiting and rice water diarrhea, which can lead to hypovolemic shock

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Cholera

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4
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Gram - bacteria, comma-shaped

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Vibrio cholerae

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5
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Cholera toxin opens…

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CFTR

Massive Cl ion secretion

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6
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Cholera transmission

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Fecal oral (contaminated water)

India and Africa

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7
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70% cases lethal, MC in 24 hrs

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Cholera

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8
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Traveler’s diarrhea MC due to what organism

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E. coli

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9
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> 3 unformed or loose stools in 24 hrs , usual recover within few days

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Traveler’s diarrhea

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10
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Transmission of traveler’s diarrhea

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Fecal oral (contaminated water)

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11
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Other microbes that can cause traveler’s diarrhea

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Shigella
C. Jejuni 
Salmonella 
Entamoeba histolytica
Norwalk virus
Rotavirus
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12
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MC bacterial enteric pathogen in US

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Campylobacter Enterocolitis

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13
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Transmission of c. Jejuni

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Contaminated chicken
Water
Milk

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14
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C jejuni enterotoxins may cause ___ and ___

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Dysentery and fever

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15
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Campylobacter enterocolitis may initiate

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Reactive arthritis or GBS

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16
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Acute self-limited colitis

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Camp. Jejuni
Shigella
E. coli
Salmonella

Last <1 month

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17
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If acute self limited colitis caused by camp jejuni…

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Neutrophils congregate

Crypt abscess

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18
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If acute self-limited colitis caused by E. coli

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Neutrophils congregate

Normal crypt architecture

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19
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Salmonella can be found on what animals

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Snakes
Lizards
Salamanders

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20
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Pseudomembranous colitis aka

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Antibiotic associated colitis

C-diff colitis

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21
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C diff enterotoxins cause

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Inflammation

Necrosis

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22
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Risks for pseudomembranous colitis

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Antibiotics

Old age

Lowered immunity

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23
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Pseudomembranes in c diff composed of

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Cellular debris

WBCs

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24
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Half of all gastroenteritis

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Viral gastroenteritis

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25
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Viral gastroenteritis in children 6 months -2 yrs is caused by

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Rotavirus

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26
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Viral gastroenteritis in adults caused by

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Norovirus

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27
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Viral gastroenteritis can affect either __ or ___

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Stomach or SI

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28
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Parasitic disease affects ____ of world’s population

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> half

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29
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Parasitic diseases include what organisms

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Nematodes
Hookworms
Pinworms
Tapeworms
Protozoa
30
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Giardia lamblia

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Flagellated protozoan resistant to cold and chlorine

31
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Giardiasis

A

Aka beaver fever

Malabsorptive diarrhea
Anorexia
Cramps

32
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___ alters SI enzymes

33
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Fecal oral transmission with 1-2 week latency

34
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Altered bowel habits with no inflammation and no cellular abnormalities

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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

35
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10-20% population, MC between 20-40 yo and in females

36
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Treatment for IBS

A

Fiber
Low carbs
Stress management

37
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Abnormal GI immune response that is chronic anal relapsing

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

38
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IBD common in

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Females
Adolescence
Caucasians

39
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IBC includes what 2 Diseases

A

Crohn’s disease

Ulcerative colitis (UC)

40
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Crohn’s disease

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Entire GI tract, MC ileum

Transmural

41
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UC

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Rectum and distal colon

Mucosa and submucosa

42
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Crohn’s disease freq

43
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Crohn’s is a risk for

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GI adenocarcinoma

44
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Signs of crohn’s

A 
Melena (50%)
Skin reaction, arthritis, eye irritation 
Skip lesions, granulomas, ulcerations 
Mild diarrhea 
Fever
Abdominal pain
45
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Regional inflammation and fissures caused by T cell-mediated reaction

46
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Superficial inflammation and mucosal ulcerations that always begin in rectum

47
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Pseudomembranes and no granulomas or skip lesions characteristic of

48
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UC freq

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1 in 5,000

15-25 yo

49
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UC is associated with

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Toxic megacolon

50
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Stringy stool, grossly bloody and mucous

51
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UC is a risk for

A

Adenocarcinoma

52
Q

IBS is a diagnosis of ___

53
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Hamartoma

A

Mature cell type

Minimal risk

54
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MC colon polyp

55
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Age-related benign tumor, usually around age 40

A

Colonic adenomas

56
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1/2 of US adults over 50 have

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Colonic adenomas

57
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Regarding adenomas, cancer is rare if ___

58
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Familial adenomatous polyposis

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Autosomal dominant cancer syndrome

APC gene on chromosome 5

59
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Teenaged onset of numerous adenomas, colon cancer developing before age 30 describes

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Familial adenomatous polyposis

60
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Lynch Syndrome

A

Hereditary cancer syndrome

Inherited mutations alter DNA mismatch repair

Risk for cancer at younger onset

61
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5% of US population develop

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Colorectal Ca

62
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Types of colon tumors

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Adenocarcinomas (MC)

Carcinoid tumors

63
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MC malignancy of GI tract

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Colorectal adenocarcinoma

64
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Colorectal adenocarcinoma MC between ages

65
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Risks for colorectal adenocarcinoma

A 
Age
Males 
IBD
Developed nations 
Highly processed diet
66
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Colorectal adenocarcinoma commonly Mets to

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Liver
Regional lymphatics
Lungs
Marrow

67
Q

SI ca, half are ___ half are ___

A

Adenocarcinomas

Carcinoid

68
Q

SI ca MC in

69
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SI ca is ___

70
Q

Hirschsprung Disease aka

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Congenital aganglionic megacolon

71
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Hirschsprung disease

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Lack of neurologic ganglia in rectum due to defective neural crest cell migration

Results in bowel obstruction due to lack of peristalsis

72
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Diagnosis for hirschsprung disease

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Failure to pass meconium within 48 hours

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