Gastro Flashcards
Ranking severity of UC/Crohns
Mild- <4 stools, minimal blood
Mod- 4-6- vary blood, no systemic
Severe- >6 bloody stools, systemic
Scores for Upper GI bleed
Blatchford- determine if managed at OP- 0
Endoscopy within 24hrs
Rockall- after endoscopy- determines mortality and risk of rebreeding
Mx of achalasia
Heller cardiomyotomy
CCB or nitrates, botox- since is a failure to relax
Mx of crohns fistula and abscess
If symptomatic Oral metronidazole
If complex- draining seton
Abscess- incision and drainage
Mx of crohns
Induce with steroids
Mild- Oral pred, severe- IV HC
Maintains with azathioprine or mecapto
Ix of coeliac
Anti TTG
Jejunal biopsy or duodenal
Mx of alcoholic hepatitis
Maddrey discriminant- benefit from Prednisilone
Plummer Vinson Sx
Triad- dysphagia, glossitis, IDA
Mx of UC
Inducing remission
Topical aminosalicylates
If not induced in 4 weeks add oral
Add CS if still not working
Extensive disease- topical and rectal 4w
CS after
Severe fulminant - IV steroids
Maintaining remission
Topical aminosalicylates- add oral
Extensive- oral
Severe or 2 or more relapses per year- azathioprine /mercaptopurine
Areas where you get Haemorrhoids
3, 7, 11
Signs in appendicitis
Rovsing- pain greater in RIF when pressure on left
Psoas- pain when extending hip
Colic vs cholecystitis vs cholangitis
Pain- colic
Pain + fever- cholecystitis
Pain + fever + jaundice- cholangitis
Mx of cholecystitis and cholangitis
IV Abx
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy within 1 week- cholecystitis
ERCP within 24-48hrs for cholangitis
PBC vs PSC
PBS- anti-mitochondrial - diagnostic
Sjogrens
Middle aged women
Jaundice
PSC- pANCA
Intra and extra
Male
UC
Dx- with MRCP
Chronic stable liver disease Sx
Palmar erythema
Dupuytrens
Clubbing
Gynaecomastia
Spider nave
Sx of acute decompensation liver
Portal hypertension SAVE
Splenomegaly
Ascites
Varices
Encephalopathy
Failes synthetic funciton
GI can precipitate this
Dx of SBP
USS to confirm ascites
Ascites tap- PMN >250
Mx of SBP
Tazocin
Cipro and propanolol prophylaxisif ascites and SAAG <15
Ix of Haemachromatosis
Raised ferritin
TIBC reduced- reduced transferrin production
TF saturation- >55% male, 50 female
Pearl stain of liver biopsy
Acute Pancreatitis Sx
Epigastric pain
Cullen, grey turner
Vomitting
Prognosis scoring of pancreatitis
PANCREAS
PaO2- <8
Age 55
Neuts- >15
Ca <2
Renal urea- >16
Enzymes- AST/ALT >200
Albumin <32
Sugar- >10
Sx of chronic pancreatitis
Pain 15-30- mins after meal
Steatorrhoea
DM- 20 yrs after
Ix for acute pancreatitis
Serum amylas, lipase
USS for stones
Contrast CT
Ix for chronic pancreatitis
USS and contrast CT
Faecal elastase- reduced
Ix of diverticulitis
CT abdomen - acute
Barium enema- chronic
Mx of diverticulitis
Acute mild- PO ABx
Severe- IV ABx, drip and suck hartmanns
Chronic- high fibre diet
Urgent 2ww OGD
Dysphagia
Upper abdo mass
AGe >55 + weight loss and dyspepsia, gord, upper abdo pain
Non urgent OGD
Haematemesis
Age >55- pain with low Hb and pain, N+V with reflux, raised Plt and wt loss nausea
Ix for dyspepsia
If alarm features- OGD
No alarm- breath/stool test for H pylori
Mx of dyspepsia
Review medication
Then PPI 4w
Then test H pylori
Anal fissure mx acute and chronic
Acute- laxatives
Chronic- GTN then spincterectomy if not resolved after 8 weeks
Prognosis scoring of alcoholic hepatitis
Child Pugh
ABCDE
Albumin, Bilirubin, Clotting, distention (ascites), encephalopathy
Budd chiari syndrome Sx and IX
Block of hepatic vein
Pain, ascites, tender hepatomegaly
Abdo USS
Sx of carcinoid syndrome
Flushing, diarrhoea, bronchospasm
Perianal abcess Sx and Mx
Pain worse when sitting, discharge
Drain under local
Boerhaaves Sx
Chest pain
SC emphysema- air under skin
Vommiting
Shock
Ischaemic colitis Sx and Ix
Occlusion of IMA
Pain, bloody, large intestine- splenic flexure
Sigmoidoscopy
Acute vs chronic ischaemia
Acute- sudden, pain, normal exma
Chronic- colic pain
Small intestinal bowel overgrowth- RF, sx and mx
DM- risk factor
Chronic diarrhoea, flatulence and pain
Rifampicin
Pellagra sx
Diarrhoea, dermatitis, dementia
B3
Index for measuring malnutrition
MUST
Wilson disease sx
Liver
Neuro- psychiatric
Haemachromatosis
Fatigue, ED, arthralgia
Bronze skin
DM
Liver
CF
Mx of ascites secondary to liver disease
Spironolactone
Pharyngeal pouch sx
Halitosis
Problems swallowing
Dysphagia causes
Mechanical- stricture- Plummer vinson, malignancy, pharyngeal pouch
Neuro/motility- bulbar/pseudobulbar palsy, achalasia, CREST, MG
Inflammation- oesophagitis, candida, pharyngitis, tonsilitis
Achalasia Ix
Mamometry
Barium swallow
OGD- exclude malignancy
Oesophageal cancer Ix
Endoscopy and biopsy
If barium swallow- apple core
GORD sx
Acid taste
Worse laying down
Worse after eating
Mx of GORD
Lose wt, less alcohol
Antacids then PPI
Sx of duodenal ulcers
Epigastric pain before meals and at night
Relieved by eating
Ix of Peptic ulcers
Bloods, breath test, OGD- biopsy ulcers
Mx of perforated ulcer
DU: abdominal washout + omental patch repair
GU: excise ulcer and repair defect
No medical mx needed apart from stop meds that might be causing
Gallstone ileus Sx
Rigler triad- pneumobillia, SBO, gallstone in RLQ
CT signs of pancreatitis
Panc has lost its defined architecture
Fat stranding- CT
When is MRCP used
If dilated duct on USS - for CBD occlusions
PSC
Raised amylase weeks after acute panc
Pseudocyst
Tx of pancreatic pseudocyst
<6- spontaneous
>6cm- drainage
Complications of pancreatitis
Early
Resp- ARDS, effusion
Shock
Renal failure
DIC
Metabolic
Late- pancreatic necrosis, infection, access, thrombosis, pseudocyst
Chronic cholecystitis sx
Abdo discomfort
Sx exacerbated by fatty foods
Nausea
Flatulence
RF for cholangiocarcinoma
PSC
UC
Tx of cholagiocarcinoma
Poor prognosis: no curative Rx
Palliative stenting by ERCP
Differentials for appendicitis
Diverticulitis
Meckel diverticulitis
Ectopic- preg test !!!
Cyst torsion
UTI
Extra abdominal sx of IBD
Erythema nodosum
Clubbing
Arthritis
Iritis
Type of ulceration in each IBD
UC- shallow broad
Crohsn- deep, wavy- cobblestone mucosa
Microscopic features of UC and crohns
Crohns- fibrosis, granuloma, fistulae, goblet cells
Strictures- macro
UC- crypt abcsess, pseudopolyps
Ix of diverticula disease
Contrast CT
Colonoscopy- not in acute attack
Enema
Complications of diverticulitis and their Tx
Perf- sudden pain, shock- Hartmanns
Haemorrhage- painless red PR- mesenteric angio- may stop spon
Abcess- swinging fever- abs and drainage
Fistulae- enterocoelic SB and LB, colovaingal, colovesicular- resection
Strcitutres- resection or standing
Types of bowel obstruction
Simple- 1 obstruction
Closed- 2 points- volvulus
Strangulated- localised, constant pain, peritoneum, fever, High WCC
Tx of Bowel obstruction
Medical- Drip and suck
NBM
Fluids
Catheterise- monitor UO
Analagesia
ABx
Gastrogaffin study
Surgical- if closed, strangulated
Colorectal cancer Ix
Bloods
FBC: Hb
LFTs: mets
Tumour Marker: CEA
Imagining- CXR, CT and MRI- better for rectal and liver
Endoscopy + biopsy
TNM staging of colorectal cancer
TIS: carcinoma in situ
T1: submucosa
T2: muscularis propria
T3: subserosa
T4: through the serosa to adjacent organs
N1: 1-3 nodes
N2: >4 nodes
Dukes staging
A- bowel wall- 90% 5 yr
B- through wall no LN- 60%
C- regional LN- 30%
D- distant- <10%
Differentials for anal pain
Proctalgia fugax- crampy anal pain in young men at night
Anal fissure - pain when defacating, fresh bleed, constipated
Thrombosed haemorrhoid
Fistula- discharge persistent
Peri anal abscess- worse on sitting, fever
Surgery for Femoral hernia
Need surgery ASAP
Elective- Lockwood- herniotomy and herniorrharpy
Emergency- McEvedy- allows resection of non viable bowel
How anal fistulas are treated
Low- fistulotomy- heals as flat scar
High- suture- tighten it over months