Gastroenterology Flashcards
[GI/Sx/Melena]
Over the counter diarrhea medication that can cause black stool?
Bismuth subsalicylate
[GI/Liver/Hepatitis]
When to test infants of mother with hepatitis C infection?
Serologic test hepatitis C virus at 18 months of age
[GI/Sx/Vomiting]
Which disease, diagnosis and treatment?
After infectious gastroenteritis
Or static encephalopathy, diabetes type 1
Vomiting with undigested food at night
Gastroparesis
Diagnosis: gastric acid sintigraphy (gastric emptying study)
Treatment: erythromycin ethylsuccinate (for DM), supportive for postinfectious (self-resolves in 1-3 months)
[GI/Intestine]
Typical age for presentation?
Pyloric stenosis: ___
Malrotation: ___
Intussusception: ___
Pyloric stenosis: 3 weeks to 2 months
Malrotation: 1 month to 1 year
Intussusception: up to 36 months, peak at 9 months
[GI/Intestine/Absorption]
Which vitamin/mineral absorbed?
Duodenum: ___
Jejunum: ___
Ileum: ___
Duodenum: iron, folate, calcium (anemia, osteopenia)
Jejunum: protein (osmotic diarrhea, caloric deficit)
Ileum: water, sodium, vitamin B12, fat
[GI/Intestine/Celiac disease]
Name of disease?
Patients with celiac disease
Dermatitis herpetiformis
[GI/Intestine/Celiac disease]
Diagnostic test for Celiac disease?
≥ 2 years old: ___
< 2 years old: ___
≥ 2 years old: tTG and total IgA
< 2 years old: tTG and deaminated gliadin IgG
[GI/Intestine/IBD]
Characteristics of ulcerative colitis, comparison to CD?
Bowel involvement: ___
Involvement of lesions/tissue: ___
Gramulomas: ___
Weight loss, growth failure: ___
Hematochezia: ___
Perianal lesions, aphthous ulcers: ___
Imaging findings: ___
Ulcerative Colitis
Bowel involvement: colon only
Involvement of lesion/tissue: continuous, mucosal only
Gramulomas: No
Weight loss, growth failure: Rare
Hematochezia: Common
Perianal lesions, aphthous ulcers: Rare
Imaging findings: Colon dilatation, thumbprinting (loss of haustrations)
[GI/Intestine/IBD]
Characteristics of Crohn disease, comparison to UC?
Bowel involvement: ___
Involvement of lesions/tissue: ___
Gramulomas: ___
Weight loss, growth failure: ___
Hematochezia: ___
Perianal lesions, aphthous ulcers: ___
Imaging findings: ___
Crohn disease
Bowel involvement: anywhere from mouth to anus
Involvement of lesions/tissue: skip lesions, transmural
Gramulomas: Yes
Weight loss, growth failure: More common
Hematochezia: Less common
Perianal lesions, aphthous ulcers: Common
Imaging findings: String sign (luminal narrowing), mural thickening with dilatation
[GI/Intestine]
Which disease?
2nd to 4th weeks of life
Fever, explosive, foul-smelling stools, bloody diarrhea
ABX: dilated loops of bowel with air-fluid levels
Hirschsprung enterocolitis
(Due to overgrowth of colonic bacteria in an atonic distal colon)
[GI/Bilirubin]
Cause of Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (2)
Hemolysis:
- Hemoglobinopathies, RBC membrane disorders
- Enzyme defects (G6PD)
Inherited:
- Gilbert syndrome
- Crigler-Najjar syndrome
[GI/Bilirubin]
Cause of Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (5)
- Infections: Hep A, B, C, D, E, EBV, CMV
- Biliary tract disease: choledochal cyst, Alagille syndrome, PSC
- Drug-induced: CTX, INH, MTX, erythromycin
- Metabolic liver disease: Wilson, AAT deficiency, DJS
- Autoimmune liver disease
[GI/Bilirubin]
Diagnosis?
Diagnostic test?
Around 0 to 6 years old
Japanese girl
Abdominal pain, jaundice, palpable RUQ mass
Fever, vomiting, pancreatitis
Choledochal cysts
- Test:
abdominal US, MRCP
[GI/Bilirubin]
Diagnosis?
Patients with AR polycystic kidney disease
Older children/adults
Cirrhosis, esophageal varices, splenomegaly, cholangitis
Congenital hepatic fibrosis
[GI/Bilirubin]
Diagnosis?
Recurrent cholangitis, abscesses
Liver biopsy: hepatic fibrosis
Caroli disease
(Congenital dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts)