Gastro Flashcards
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF TODDLER DIARRHOEA?
CHRONIC NON SPECIFIC DIAHRRHOEA
STOOLS OF VARYING CONSISTENCY
ITS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF CHRONIC DIARRHOEA IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
WHY DOES TODDLER DIARRHOEA OCCUR?
AN UNDERLYING DELAY IN MATURATION OF THE INTESTINE LEADING TO ‘INTESTINAL HURRY’
IS THERE MALABSORBTION OR FAILURE TO THRIVE IN TODDLERS DIAHRROEA
NO !
HOW WOULD YOU MANAGE TODDLERS DIARRHOEA?
REASURRANCE AND WATCH AND WAIT (FOR SIGNS OF MALNUTRITION)
A HIGH FAT DIET
A HIGH FIBER DIET
WHAT IS NOT RECCOMENDED IN LARGE AMOUNTS IN A DIET FOR TODDLERS DIARRHOEA AND WHY
FRUIT - CONTAINS LARGE AMOUNTS OF SORBITOL
WHY IS A HIGH FAT DIET RECCOMENDED IN TODDLERS DIAHORREA?
FAT SLOWS GUT TRANSIT
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF RECURRANT ABDO PAIN
PAIN SEVERE ENOUGH TO DISRUPT DAILY ACTIVITIES
LASTING OVER 3 MONTHS
HOW WOULD YO INVESTIGATE RECURRANT ABDO PAIN?
WHAT SIGN WOULD YOU BE CONCERED OF?
COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY AND EXAMINATION LOOKING FOR PERIANAL FISSURES (IBD)
START GROWTH CHARTS
URINE CULTURES
ULTRASOUND (LOOKING FIR GALLSTONES/OBSTRUCTION)
WHAT IS THE MANAGEMENT FOR RECURRANT ABDO PAIN
IF CAUSE FOUND TREAT THAT
OTHERWISE CHILDHOOD IBS
REASUURE AND EDUCATE
DEFINE IBS
ALTERED GASTRIC MOTILITY AND ABNORMAL SENSATON OF INTRA ABDOMINAL EVENTS
HAS PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF IBS
ABDO PAIN RELIEVED BY DEFICATION
EXPLOSIVE LOOSE MUCUSY STOOLS
BLOATING
FEELING OF INCOMPLETE DEFICATION
ALTERNATING CONSTIPATION
HOW WOULD OU DIAGNOSE IBS
HISTORY
LACK OF PHYSICAL FINDINGS
WHAT ARE D.D OF IBS AND WHAT INVESTIGATIONS ARE USED TO CONFIRM THESE
US - GALLSTONES AND OBSTRUCTIONS
FLEXIBLE SIGMOSTCOPY / COLONOSCOPY - IBD
HOW WOULD YOU MANAGE IBS
SMALL FREQUENT FEEDS
LOW FAT HIGH FIBER DIET
PROBIOTICS
LAXATIVES IE FIBROGEL
CIMETROPIUM (AN ANTISPASMODIC)
CBT
SSRI
WHAT PATHOGENS CAN CAUSE GASTROENTERITIS
E COLI
SHIGELLA
CHOLERA
CAMYLOBACTER JEJUNI
ADENOVIRUS
ROTAVIRUS
NOROVIRUS
WHAT IS A CLASSIC SIGN THAT THE GASTROENTERITIS IS BACTERIAL
BLOODY STOOLS
WHAT IS A CLASSIC SIGN THAT THE GASTROENTERITIS IS CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI
SEVERE ABDO PAIN
WHAT IS A CLASSIC SIGN THAT THE GASTROENTERITIS IS SHIGELLA
HIGH FEVER
PUS (AND BLOOD) IN STOOLS
WHAT IS A CLASSIC SIGN THAT THE GASTROENTERITIS IS CHOLERA/E COLI
PROFUSE DIAHORREA
WHAT ARE GENERIC SYMPTOMS OF GASTROENTERITIS
WATERY LOOSE STOOLS
VOMITING
DEHYDRATION
+/- SHOCK
HOW WOULD YOU DIAGNOSE AND ASSES GASTROENTERITIS
ASSESS DEHYDRATION
BLOODS: FBC, SODIUM (U+E)
STOOL AND BLOOD CULTURES
HOW WOULD YOU MANAGE GASTROENTERITIS
ENCOURAGE FLUID INTAKE + ORS
IF NEEDED IV FLUIDS (MAINTENENCE)
+/- NG TUBE
ZINC IF MALNURISHED
ANTI DIARRHOEAL (LOPERAMIDE)
ABX IF NEEDED
FULL FAT MILK AND SOLIDS AFTER REHYDRATION
HOW WOULD YOU AVOID CEREBRAL OEDEMA
FLUIDS OVER 48 HRS
SODIUM REPLACEMENT (HYPONATREMIC)
WHAT IS A CONTRAINDICATION OF ANTI DIAHORREAL
POSITIVE CULTURES ONLY GIVE AFTER OR IF CULTURES ARE CLEAN
WHAT ARE INDICATIONS OF AN ANTIBIOTIC
CHOLERA
SHIGELLA
C. DIFF
IMMUNOCOMPRIMISED (OR MALNURISHED)
WHAT CAN BE CONSEQUENCES OF GASTROENTERITIS ONCE IT HAS PASSED
TEMPORARY LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
WHAT IS INTRASUCCEPTION
AN INVAGINATION OF THE PROXIMAL BOWEL INTO DISTAL SEGMENT
WHERE DOES INTRACUEPPTION NORMALLY OCCUR
THROUGH ILEOCOECAL VALVE
ILLEUM -> CAECUM
WHAT IS THE PRESENTATION OF INTRACUSSEPTION
VOMITING (+BILE IF SEVERE)
RED CURRENT JELLY STOOLS
PAROXYSMAL SEVERE COLICKY PAIN
PERIOD OF RECOVERY WITH THEN A PERIOD OF LETHARGY
PALLOR AROUND MOUTH
AT WHAT AGE DIES INTRACUSSEPTION USUALLY OCCUR
3M -> 2Y
HOW WOULD YOU DIAGNOSE INTRUCUSSEPTION
X RAY - ABDOMINAL
US - ABDOMINAL
HOW WOULD YOU TREAT INTRUCUSSEPTION
FLUID RESUS
RECTAL AIR INFLATION
SURGERY
WHAT SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EVENTS CAN OCCUR DUE TO INTRACUSSEPTION
VENOUS OBSTRUCTION CAUSING BLEEDING AND STRETCHING OF GASTRIC MUCOSA CAUSING FLUID LOSS AND PERFORATION
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF BOWEL ATRESIA
ANY CONGENITAL MALFORMATION OF THE INTESTINE CAUSING BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
DESCRIBE THE LOCATION CLASSIFICATIONS OF BOWEL ATRESIA
DUODENAL
JEJUNAL
ILLEAL
COLON
WHAT ARE THE MALFORMATION CLASSIFICATIONS OF BOWEL ATRESIA
WEB
- COMPLETE
- INCOMPLETE
BLIND END COMPLETE
MESENTERIC GAP
APPLE PEEL SYNDROME
MULTIPLE BLOCKAGES
WHAT CAUSES BOWEL ATRESIA
VASULAR EVENT EN UTERO CAUSING DECREASED PERFUSION AND TISSUE DEATH
WHAT IS THE PRESENTATION OF BOWEL ATRESIA
VOMITING (+BILE)
SWOLLEN, SOFT ABDOMEN
NO MECONIUM
HOW WOULD YOU DIAGNOSE BOWEL ATRESIA
CAN BE DIAGNOSED EN UTERO VIA US
(INDICATED IN POLYHYDRAMNIOUS)
X RAY (+- CONTRAST +- ENEMA)
LAPROSCOPY
HOW WOULD YOU TREAT BOWEL ATRESIA
LAPROSTOMY WITH A TEMPORARY STOMA BAG TO ALLOW FOR HEALING
WHAT IS APPENDICITIS
ACUTE APPENDICITIS IS A COMMON CAUSE OF ABDOMINAL PAIN IN CHILDREN
AT WHAT AGE DIES APPENDICITIS USUALLY OCCUR
3Y <
WHAT IS THE PRESENTATION OF APPENDICITIS IN OLDER CHILDREN
ABDO PAIN
- CENTRAL -> R ILLIAC FOSSA
- TENDERNESS AT MCBURNEYS POINT
- WORSE ON COUGHING AND MOVEMENT
ANOREXIA
VOMITING
FLUSHED FACE
ORAL FETOR
WHAT IS THE PRESENTATION OF APPENDICITIS IN YOUNGER CHILDREN
IRRITABLE
GENERALISED PRESENTATION
WHAT SIGN CAN BE FORUND ON X RAY OF APPENDICITIS IN YOUNGER CHILDREN
FAECOLITHS
WHAT IS A SERIOUS COMLICATION OF APPENDICITIS IN YOUNGER CHILDREN AND WHY DOES IT OCCUR
PERFORATION
OMENTUM IS LESS WELL DEVELOPED
HOW WOULD YOU DIAGNOSE APPENDICITIS
US
- INCREASED THICKNESS OF APPENDIX
- ABCESSES AND MASSES
X RAY
- FAECOLITHS
BLOODS
- NEURTOPHILLIA
URINE DIPSTICK
- WBC AND NITRATES
LAPSROSCOPY
WHAT IS THE CLASSIC SIGN OF A RETROCELE APPENDIX
ABSENT GUARDING
WHAT IS THE DIFFEENCE IN PRESENTATION OF A PELVIC APPENDIX
FEW ABDO SIGNS
PAIN IN PELVIC AREA
HOW DO YOU MANAGE APPENDICITIS
WHEN WOULD YOUR MANAGEMENT BE DIFFERENT AND HOW WOULD YOU MANAGE THAT APPENDICITIS
ABX AND LAPEROTOMY
UNLESS THERES A PALPABLE MASS WITH NO GENERALISED PERITONITIS THEN ONLY GIVE IV ABX