Gastroenterology Flashcards
IBD involving terminal ileum
Crohn’s disease
mimics appendicities
iron deficiency
IBD continuous involving rectum
UC
rarely ileal backwash, never higher
Inc risk for primary sclerosing cholangitis
US
PSC leads to higher risk of cholangiocarcinoma
IBD with fistulae
Crohn’s
give metronidazole
IB with granulomas on biopsy
Crohn’s
IBD with transmural inflammation
Crohn’s
IBD cured by coelctomy
UC
Smokers have lower risk of ___ IBD
UC
Smokers have higher risk for CD
IBD with highest risk CRC
UC
another reason for colectomy
IBD associated with p-ANCA
UC
IBD tx
ASA
corticosteroids to induce remission
sulfasalazine to maintain remission
metronidazole in UC for ANY ulcer/abscess
severe dz:
azathioprine
6MP
methotrexate
IB complications
ankylosing spondylitis
pyogenic erythema gangrenosum?
AST/ALT (2x) + high GGT
alcoholic hepatitis
ALT>AST in 1000s
viral hepatitis
AST and ALT in 1000s after surgery or hemorrhage
ischemic hepatitis “shock liver”