Gastro Flashcards
fSBP prophylaxis
Ciprofloxacin
Hepatic encephalopathy medical treatment
Lactulose + rifaximin
Medical treatment of hypercalciuria/renal stones
Thiazide diuretics
dietary changes with ascites
low sodium diet
Liver failure following cardiac arrest
ischaemic hepatitis
What cancer can develop with PSC
Cholangicarcinoma
antibiotic most liekly to cause pseudomembranous colitis
aka c.diff
cefrtriaxone
GORD complications
- oesophageal carcinoma
- Barretts oesophagus
- Anaemia
- Benign strictures
infectious colitis: stools that float + history of swimming pools
giardia
acute pancreatitis complications
- peripancreatic fluid collections
- pseudocysts
- pancreatic nercrosis
- pancreatic abscess
gold standard pancreatic cancer test
HRCT: double duct sign
What may you seen on FBC with alcoholic liver disease
macrocytic anaemia
How is NAFLD monitored
ELF to look for advanced fibrosis
Complications of cirrhosis
- ascites
- varices
- hepatic encephalopath
- hepatocellular carcinoma
- hepatopulmonary syndrome
- coagulation disorders.
screening for liver cancer
anyone with cirrhosis (US and AFP) every 6 months to look for HCC
tumour marker for pancreatic and cholangiocarcinoma
raised ca 19-9
treatment of pyoderma gangronosum
oral pred
most common antibiotic regimen
IV metronidazole and IV cefuroxime (cholangitis + appendicitis)
skin change with coeliacs
- angular stomatitis
- dermatitis herpetiformis
x-ray finding in bowel obstruction
dilated bowel loops
pernicious anaemia predisposes you to what cancer
gastric
What antibodies are associated with hepatitis
anti-smooth muscle or anti liver/kidney microsomal antibodies.
most likely area to be affected by ischaemic colitis
splenic flexure
vomiting, subcutaneous emphysema, severe retrosternal chest pain
oesophageal rupture