Gastro Flashcards
Difference between GU and DU
DU - better after meals - more common
GU - worse after meals
First line investigation for a hiatus hernia
GI barium swallow
Bacteria that cause bloody diarrhoea
camploybacter, salmonella, e.coli, shigella
Drugs that cause cholestasis
Clavcluacic acid penicillins oestrogen erythromycin chlorpromazine
First line treatment for haematemesis
Large bore cannula + IV fluids
What are the most common form of GI bleeds?
Peptic ulcers
Is Koilnychia a sign in CLD
no
Raised marker in PBC
ALP
AMA
IGM
Raised marker in PSC
ANA
SMA
ANCA
Ascites secondary to what venous hypertension causes?
cirrhosis, congestive heart failure, constrictive pericarditis, Budd–Chiari syndrome, portal vein thrombosis
First line investigation for pancreatic cancer
Ultrasound then CT
First line investigation for crohns
Barium follow through