GASTROENTEROLOGY Flashcards

1
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MY BELLY IS SWOLLEN AND IT HURTS
PE: BL PALMAR ERYTHEMA ASTHERIXIS

DZ X

ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS AND HEPATITIS
CHRONIC VIRAL HEPATITIS
COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE
SBP
HEPATOMA
PERITONEAL CARCINOSIS
TUBERCULOUS ASCITIS

ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS
5Y SV DRANK QUIT
W/O JAUNDICE 85 60
W/ JAUNDICE 50 30

A

IWU:

CBC
BUN/CREA
PT*  PROGNOSIS
PTT
ASAT/ ALAT RHIS RATIO >2* USUALLY DO NOT EXCEED 300
ALKALINE PHOSPHATE
TOTAL AND FRACTIONAL BILIRRUBIN (MODEST)
ALBUMIN* PROGNOSIS
TOTAL PROTEIN*

SAAG > 1.1 = PORTAL HTN

R/O TOXICITY:
ISONIAZIDA MTX METHYLDOPA ACETAMINOPHEN

FWU:
PARACENTESIS
FE STUDIES
CERULOPLASMINE
ALPHA 1 ANTITRIPSINE
- MITOCHONDRIAL ANTIBODIES
HEPATITIS A,B, AND C SEROLOGY
LIVER ULTRASOUND

TX:
SALT RESTRICTION
SPIRONOLACTONE AND FUROSEMIDE
COUNSEL AGAINST FURTHER ALCOHOL INGESTION
ALCOHOL TREATMENT PROGRAM
BALANCED DIET WITH ADEQUATE PROTEIN INGESTION
DIET ENRICHED BRAIN CHAIN AMINO ACID AS PROTECTIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
UPPER ENDOSCOPY TO EXCLUDE ESOPHAGEAL VARICES

ALCOHOLIC HEP: STEROID IF COAGULOPATHIC
LIVER TRASPL IF STOP DRINKING

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IM VOMITING BLOOD

PUD
MALLORY WEISS
ESOPHAGEAL VARICES
EROSIVE GASTRITIS

MORTALITY RATES

DT 5%
VARICES BLEEDING UP TO 70 %

A

IWU:

STABILIZING THE PATIENT  !!!!!! FIRST!!!!!!!!
2 LARGER BORES IV LINES
IVF
NPO
NGT - GASTRIC LAVAGE
CBC
CHEM 8 
PT , PTT
INR
TYPE & CROSS
RBC MASS
FFP

UPPER ENDOSCOPY WITH THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION

NSS TILL BP 90 mmHg
ASAT/ALAT>3, LOW ALBUMIN,ELEVATED PT PTT
AND BT AND FRACTIONED = AH CH

FM: OBTAIN UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY AFTER THE PT STABILIZES!!!!!

ADMIT
ICU
OBSERVATION CONTINUOS AND TRANSFUSION
SOMASTOSTATINE/OCTEOTRIDE IV 
MONITOR FOR SIGNS OF RECURRENT BLEEDING
BETA BLOCKADE ONCE BLOOD PRESSURE IS STABLE 

MONITOR FOR SIGNS OF DELIRIUM TREMENS
PE: MS EXAM SERIAL NEURO CHECKS
IF: IV LORAZEPAN THIAMINE DEXTROSE 5 %
RECOMMENDS ON ADMISSION CIPRO OF TMP/SMT CEFTRIAXONE-SBP PROPHYLAXIS

FM:
PROPHYLAXIS RE BLEEDING
RUBBER BAND LIGATION
SCLEROTHERAPY
PROPRANOLOL
TYPS AND SHUNTING 
CONSULT GASTRO 
GENERAL SURGERY

COUNSELING ALCOHOL CESSATION
AA EDUCATION

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3
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MY STOMACH HURTS BUT IT FEELS BETTER WHEN I EAT

DUODENAL ULCER
CHOLECYSTITIS
GASTRIC CANCER
ESOPHAGITIS

PUD> 50 SCOPE ALWAYS
CAN TRIAL EITHER H2 FBY PPI OR PPI

A

IWU:

CBC
LFT
AMYLASE/LIPASE
ABD US GALLBLADDER
UPPER ENDOSCOPY
CAMPILOBACTER LIKE UREASEM TEST
HELICOBACTER PILORI ANTIGEN IN SERUM
PPI+
METRONIDAZOL/AMOXICILLIN
AMOXICILLIN/CLARITHROMICIN
TERACICLIN/BYSMUTH/METRO
TETRACICLINE/BISMUTH/CLARYTHROMICIN

COUNSELING
AVOID NSAIDS,ASA
SMOKING CESSATION COFFEE INTAKE
PPI + 2 ABX

FU: Ag IN STOOLS X ERRADICATION

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4
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GERD-CCS

A

IWU:

PPI TRIAL&raquo_space; SCOPE>50YO&raquo_space;ATYPICALS»PH 24/MANOMETRY

FM:

COUNSEL TO AVOID 
LATE MEALS 
ALCOHOL
CIGARETTES
FATTY AND CITRUS FOOD
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5
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MY STOMACH HURTS AND I M VOMITING DARK STUFF

A

IWU:

NPO
NGT/LAVAGE
CBC
AMYLASE/LIPASE
PT/PTT
INR
LYTES
ABD US GALLBLADDER
TYPE AND SCREEN

FM:

UPPER ENDOSCOPY* ALL PTS UPPER GI BLEEDING
H2 BLOCKERS, SUCRALFATE OR PPI,
BIPOLAR CAUTERY, HEATER PROBE, EPI INJECTION,
FU:
LATER- REPEAT ENDOSCOPY

PPI H2 6-8 WKS

5% SURGERY
MIGHT NEED FFP, RBC MASS.

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CONFUSION- AMS

HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
PRECIPITATED BY GI BLEEDING 
ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL 
WERNICKE
DELIRIUM TREMENS
HEPATORRENAL SYNDROME
MENINGITIS
BACTERIAL PERITONITIS

*CCS REMINDERIN ALL AMS
EVEN COCKTAIL FIRST
+ EVERYTHING Na GLUCOSE NH3+ TOXIC CSF
WHATEVER BUT K

A

IWU:

CBC
BUN/CREATININE
ASAT/ALAT
LDH
BIL
GLUOSE
NH3 
LP- AMS CSF IN CCS

FM:

CORRECT PRECIPITATING FACTORS
LACTULOSE SWITCH TO NH4 NON ABSORBABLE
NEOMYCIN DECRESAE FLORA
AIRWAY PROTECTION ETINTUBATION
LIMIT DIETARY PROTEIN
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7
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DIARRHEA WT LOSS ABD DISTENSION

IBD
CELIAC DISEASE
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
WHIPPLE DISEASE
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYND 
INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA
PARASITIC INFECTION
A

IWU:

CBC* MACROCYTIC
IRON CALCIUM MAGNESIUM DIVALENTS * DCR MILDLY
STOOL CULTURE FOR OVA PARASITES
STOOL FOE LEUKOCYTES
STOOL FOR FAT DETERMINATION  SUDAN STAIN

FM:

U D XYLOSE*
ANTI ENDOMYSIAL ANTIGLIADIN ABS*
SMALL BOWEL BX* IF D XYLOSE IS ABNORMAL

FM:

GLUTEN FREE DIET NO WHEAT, RYE, OATS, BRAN.
FOLATE, IRON PO
USE RICE AND CORN CONTAINING PRODUCTS

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8
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ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA
SHATZKI RING
ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE
ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA

A

IWU:

BARIUM SWALLOW
CBC

ENDOSCOPY AND BX
ENDOSCOPIC US
ABD CHEST CT SCAN/MRI
ENT UPPER AIRWAY/LUNG SECOND PRIMARY

SURGERY CONSULT

CHEMO AND RADIO NEOADYUVANT

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9
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L SIDED ABD PAIN

DZ X

LL PNA
APPY
DIVERTICULITIS
COLONIC PERFORATION VOL RESUCITATE IV ABX SURGERY = FREE AIR CXR

A

IWU:

CBC
BMP
CXR
AXR
UA

FM:
OUTPATIENT TTX W/ ORAL ABX MILD DISEASE
NO COLONOSCOPY OR BARIUM DURING ACUTE EPISODES

ADMIT TO THE HOSPITAL
CT SCAN TO THE ABD AND TO THE PELVIS ABSCESS OR FISTULA
PER CUTANEOUS DRAINAGE &raquo_space;> HARTMANN PROCEDURE

NPO
IVF
SURGICAL EXPLORATIONS
IV ABX IMPROVEMENT IN 72 HRS

HIGH FIBER DIET AFTER EPISODE

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10
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RED BLOOD MIXED WITH LOOSE STOOLS

INFECTIOUS ENTEREOCOLITIS
IBD
INTERNAL HEMORROIDS

EXTRA INTESTINAL UC:

ARTHRITIS
ERYTHEMA NODOSUM
EPISCLERITIS
SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS
IRITIS
A

IWU:

STOOL FOR CULTURE OVA PASRASITES
FECAL LUEKOCYTES
ABD XR
CBC
ESR

UNPREPARED FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY*

TX:
SALICILATES AS SULFASALAZINE 
CORTICOSTEROID IN SEVERE DISEASE
SUPPORTIVE ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENTS 
TOTAL COLECTOMY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN SELECTED CASES REFRACTORY TO STEROIDS

FM:
AZT/6MCP - STEROID SPARING AGENTS

FU:
10 YRS COLONOSCOPY R/O CCR
LFT- SC

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11
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SEVERE DULL ABDOMINAL PAIN

PANCREATITIS
PUD PERFORATED

OVERALL MORT 10%
ABSCESS 4-6 WK
PSEUDO CYST 1-4

RULE:

NPO
NGT
IVF
MORPHINE

A
IWU:
STABILIZE IVF NSSSSSS.........
CBC
BMP
AXR/CXR 4 FREE AIR
AMYLASE/LIPASE*

FM:
NPO
MEPERIDINE/MORPHINE

ADMIT TO WARDS-ICU*
MONITOR BP AND VITALS
CT SCAN OF THE ABDOMEN* DIFFUSE P EDEMA 
US OF THE GALLBLADDER
PPI PROTECT NPO 
IMIPENEM OR CEFUROXIME > 30 % NECROSIS OR INFECTED NECROSIS IN CT SCAN 
DO NEEDLE ASPIRATION
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12
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DIVERTICULAR BLEEDING

I PASSED SOME BLOOD

AV MALFORMATION* - AORTIC STENOSIS
CRC DOES NOT USUALLY

A

IM:

RESUSCITATE HIM
IVA
NSS
RB C MASS TRANSFUSE AS NEEDED
COAGULATION PROFILE INR
TYPE AND CROSS
LYTES
ER: FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY AND ANOSCOPY
CBC e/ 2 HRS 
NGL IF UPPER GI SOURCE

IF BLEEDS VELOCITY SPEED
OBSCURE ENDOSCOPY THEN :

TARGET RBC OR SULFUR COLLOID SCAN Up to 0.5 ml/min
ANGIOGRAPHY - FASTER 0.5 - 1 ml/min

FU:
COMPLETE COLONOSCOPY AFTER STABILIZATION AND BOWEL PREPARATION
MONITOR FOR FOBT
HOME
DIET FIBER 
RESECTION IF RE BLEEDS OR NEED RBC MASS
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13
Q

ZE
I VE HAD DIARRHEA FOR 1 YR

DZ X 
HYPERTHYROID
IBD
IBS
MALABSORPTION
A

IWU: * IN ALL CHRONIC DIARHHEA***

CBC WITH EOSINOPHIL COUNT*
STOL OVA PARASITES*
STOOL FOR LEUKOCYTES
SERUM LYTES
SERUM FOLATE AND VIT B 12*
THYROID FUNCTIONS*
UPPER GI SERIES

FWU:

BASAL GASTRIN
SERUM GASTRIN
GASTRIN RESPONSE TO IV SECRETIN
PARATHYROID HORMONE LEVEL

HIGH DOSE OMEPRAZOL
TUMOR LOCALIZATION: MRI CT ARTERIOGRAPHY ENDOSCOPIC US ABD
SURGERY CONSULT

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HARD TIME SWALLOWING

DZ X

ACHALASIA

WEB / STRICTURE
SPASM CCB* PRINZMETAL PATH
CANCER

A

IWU:

ESOPHAGOGRAM BARIUM *
MANOMETRY*
ENDOSCOPY TO EXCLUDE MALIGNANCY LES

FM

PNEUMATIC DILATION AND BOTULINUM TOXIN
MYOTOMY POC*

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