Gastrointestinal Flashcards
Patient has liver disease and low albumin but high total protein
Autoimmune hepatitis (high protein due to elevated IgG)
2-month-old infant has projectile vomiting and hyperbilirubinemia
Pyloric stenosis (icteropyloric syndrome)
Intussusception in a 10-year-old should prompt and evaluation for
A lead point (e.g., lymphoma or Meckel’s)
Neonate with bilious emesis: what imaging is gold standard for diagnosis?
Upper GI series (malrotation/volvulus; time is bowel!)
What is the test for protein-losing enteropathy?
Stool alpha-1 antitrypsin
Well-appearing 3-month-old with bloody stools: what is the treatment?
Hydrolyzed formula or maternal cow’s milk elimination diet if breastfed
Painless bright red blood per rectum
Meckel’s diverticulum
Neonate with direct hyperbilirubinemia and high ferritin
Neonatal hemochromatosis
Fever, abdominal pain, jaundice
Cholangitis (Charcot triad)
Patient with ulcerative colitis presents with pruritis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Diarrhea and seizures
Shigella
Signs of toxin-mediated infectious diarrhea
Watery, non-bloody, and symptoms come on within hours not days (S. aureus, Bacillus cereus, etc.)