Gastroenterology Flashcards
Liver failure after introduction of juices
Fructosemia
Reducing substances in urine
Galactosemia
Succinylacetone in urine
Tyrosinemia
Antibody that appears early and then fades off
IgM
Positive HB surface antigen +/- positive HB envelope antigen
Acute Hep B infection
Positive HB surface antibody
Previous Hep B infection
May be the only positive marker in a patient infected with Hep B who is going to clear the virus but has not yet developed the protective antibody (anti-Hep B surface antigen)
IgM anti-Hep B core antibody
Occurs only with co-infection with hepatitis B
Delta Hepatitis
Type of hepatitis associated with fetal loss and higher risk of fulminant liver failure in pregnant woman
Hepatitis E
TB drug that can cause acute hepatitis
INH
Anticonvulsant that can cause acute hepatitis
Valproate
Tx for acetaminophen OD
N-acetyl cysteine
Most common mushroom to cause acute hepatitis
Amanita phalloides
Negative Hep B surface antibody
Hep B chronic carrier state
Indicates active Hep B replication
Positive Hep B envelope antigen
Low serum copper and ceruloplasmin. Elevated 24 hr urine copper and liver copper content
Wilson’s disease
Kayser-Fleischer rings
Wilson’s disease
Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in first 4 weeks of life (MUST evaluate any baby jaundiced beyond two weeks of life)
Biliary atresia
Paucity of the intrahepatic bile ducts
Alagille’s syndrome
Syndrome associated with congenital heart disease (especially pulmonary stenosis), short statute, triangular facies, butterfly vertebrae, xanthomas
Alagille’s syndrome
Most common infections in calculus cholecystitis
E. Coli & enterococcus
85 to 90% of kids with this will have a soy allergy
Cows milk allergy
If fructose to glucose ratio is increased, there is a higher chance of developing
Watery diarrhea
Present in fruit juices, excessive consumption causes diarrhea
Sorbitol
The HLA class 1 molecule associated with Celiac
B8
The HLA class II molecules associated with celiac
DR3 and DR7
Foamy macrophages, caused by tropherma whipplii
Whipple’s Disease
Pancreatic insufficiency from deficiency in pancreatic enzyme production + bone marrow failure, cyclic neutropenia
Schwachman-Diamond Syndrome
Of the three, which has greatest likelihood of steatorrhea:
1) cystic fibrosis
2) celiac sprue
3) Schwachman Diamond
Cystic fibrosis
1) absence of ganglion cells
2) hypertrophied nerve fibers
Hirschsprungs Disease
% body water in infants
70 to 75%
% body water in young adults
50 to 60%