gastroenterology_20150615044556 Flashcards
KEY enzyme that controls the rate-limiting step in prostaglandin synthesis
Cyclooxygenase (COX)
TWO principal gastric secretory products capable of inducing mucosal injury
Hydrochloric acid and pepsinogen
Duodenal ulcers occur MOST often in
FIRST portion of the duodenum (>95%)
Account for the MAJORITY of DUs
H. pylori and NSAID-induced injury
Benign Gus are MOST often found
Distal to the junction between the antrum and the acid secretory mucosa
MAJORITY of GUs can be attributed to either
H. pylori or NSAID-induced mucosal damage
Two factors that PREDISPOSE to higher colonization of H. pylori
Poor socioeconomic status and less education
Play a critical role in maintaining mucosal integrity and repair
Prostaglandins
MOST discriminating symptom in duodenal ulcer
Pain that awakes the patient from sleep (between midnight and 3 AM)
MOST frequent finding in patients with GU or DU
Epigastric tenderness
Most common complication observed in PUD
Gastrointestinal bleeding
SECOND-MOST common ulcer-related complication
Perforation
LEAST-common ulcer-related complication
Gastric outlet obstruction
MOST potent acid inhibitory agents available
Proton pump (H+ K+-ATPase) inhibitors
MOST common toxicity with sucralfate
Constipation
MOST common toxicity with prostaglandin analogues
Diarrhea
MOST feared complication with amoxicillin, clindamycin
Pseudomembranous colitis (Tx: oral vancomycin, IV metronidazole)
MOST common cause for treatment failure in COMPLIANT patients
Antibiotic-resistant strains
Test of CHOICE for documenting eradication of H. pylori
Urea breath test (UBT)
Operations MOST commonly performed for duodenal ulcers
- Vagotomy and drainage- Highly-selective vagotomy- Vagotomy with antrectomy
Treatment of CHOICE for an antral ulcer
Antrectomy (including the ulcer) with a Billroth I anastomosis
MOST frequent presenting complaint in recurrent ulceration
Epigastric abdominal pain
CORNESTONE of therapy for patients with dumping syndrome
Dietary modification
MOST commonly observed after truncal vagotomy
Post-vagotomy diarrhea
MAJORITY of gastrinomas occur within
Pancreas
MOST common nonpancreatic lesion (gastrinoma)
Duodenal tumors
MOST common cause of UGIB (50% of cases)
Peptic ulcers
FULL-THICKNESS tear of esophagus
Boerhaave Syndrome
PARTIAL-THICKNESS tear of esophagus
Mallory-Weiss tear
CLASSIC history of Mallory-Weiss tear
Vomiting, retching, coughing preceeding hematemesis
MOST important in the setting of hemorrhagic and erosive gastropathy (gastritis)
NSAIDs, alcohol, stress
Responsible for MAJORITY of cases of obscure GIB
Small intestinal sources of bleeding
MOST common cause of significant lower GIB in children
Meckel’s diverticulum
MOST common cause of LGIB
Hemorrhoids
In children and adolescents, MOST common colonic cause of significant GIB
IBD and juvenile polyps
BEST way to initially assess a patient with GIB
Heart rate and BP
Test of choice in UGIB
Upper endoscopy
Procedure of CHOICE in LGIB unless bleeding is too massive
Colonoscopy
Initial test for massive obscure bleeding
Angiography
CLASSIC symptoms of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Water brash and substernal heartburn
MOST sensitive test for diagnosis of GERD
24-hr ambulatory pH monitoring
MAJOR risk factor for adenocarcinoma
Barrett’s esophagus (metaplasia → squamous to columnar)
GOLD standard for confirmation of Barrett’s esophagus
Endoscopic biopsy
MOST common cause of esophageal chest pain
Gastroesophageal reflux
BEST test for the evaluation of proximal gastrointestinal tract
Endoscopy/Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
Typical presentation of esophageal cancer
Progressive solid food dysphagia and weight loss
One of the MOST common causes of steakhouse syndrome
Schatzki ring
Cancer involving the middle 1/3 of the esophagus, associated with smoking
Esophageal squamous cell CA
Cancer involving the lower 1/3 of the esophagus, associated with GERD, Barrett’s esophagus
Esophageal AdenoCA
Characteristic symptom of infectious esophagitis
Odynophagia