Gastrointestinal Flashcards
Upper GI bleed: score for admission / intervention risk + parameters + use of score
Blatchford Score Parameters:
Blood urea nitrogen
Hb
Systolic BP
Other (HR>100, melena, syncope, hepatic pathology, HF)
Score: 0 = low risk, outpt 1-5 = admit 5< = high risk of intervention
Upper GI bleed: score for prognosis + parameters + use of score
Rockall Score (post-OGD)
Age
Shock (HR, BP)
Co-morbidities
Dx on OGD
Evidence of bleeding on OGD
Score gives % risk of mortality on rebleed
Upper GI bleed: DDx
PUD (40%, usually DU)
Gastritis (20%)
Mallory-Weiss
Varices
Oesophagitis
Ca stomach / oesophagus
Sepsis Six
Give 3 things:
- O2 high-flow (maintain >94%)
- IV fluids
- IV antibiotics
Take 3 things:
- blood cultures
- blood lactate
- urinary catheter (monitor output hourly)
Drug-induced liver disease: which drugs induce liver disease with a hepatocellular picture on LFTs?
SAM’S HEPATIC
Statins
Amiodarone
Methyldopa
Sodium valproate, phenytoin
Halothane (an anaesthetic)
ETOH
Paracetamol
Antibiotics: nitrofurantoin
TB drugs: isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide
Inhibitors of MAO
Cirrhosis-causing drugs (methotrexate, methyldopa, amiodarone)
Drug-induced liver disease: which drugs induce liver disease with a cholestatic picture on LFTs?
CAAPS
COCP
Antibiotics: flucloxacillin, co-amoxiclav, erythromycin
Anabolic steroids, testosterone
Phenothiazines: chlorpromazine, prochlorperazine
Sulphonylureas (gliclazide)
IBS: red flags for other causes
- unexplained wt loss
- rectal bleeding
- FHx of bowel/ovarian Ca
- >60y old + increasingly frequent/loose stools for the past 6w
- anaemia
- abdominal masses
- rectal masses
- inflammatory makers for IBD
(NICE)
IBS: diagnostic criteria
Rome IV Criteria (2016):
recurrent abdominal pain/discomfort on average +1d/w in the last 3m and associated with 2+ of
related to defecation
change of stool frequency
change of stool form
(UpToDate, BMJ)
Identify appropriate investigations for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Bloods: FBC, ESR, CRP, anti-TTG or anti-endomysial Abs
Mainly to exclude other diagnoses (IBD, malignancy, coeliac)
(NICE)
Generate a management plan for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Conservative
- Education
- reduce stress, increase exercise
- dietary: regular meals, 8 cups of fluids /d, max 3 caffeinated drinks, reduce EToH, reduce intake ‘resistant starch’ (processed food), max 3 fresh fruit/d
- if diarrhoea - avoid sorbitol (sweetener). If bloating - eat oats
- try altering amount of fibre in diet (reduction), try exclusion diets (FODMAP)
- Probiotics, alternative medicine
- Education
- Medical
- Antispasmodics PRN (eg dicyclomine)
- If stool too loose: loperamide
- If stool too hard: laxatives
- 1st line: Movicol (avoid lactulose)
- 2nd line: Linaclotide (if no response for 12m)
- 2nd line: TCAs
- 3rd line: SSRIs
- Psychological
- CBT - if not response to medical mx over 12m
(NICE)
What is the scoring system for the severity of pancreatitis
Modified Glasgow Imrie Score: PANCREAS
PaO2 <8kPa
Age >55
Neutrophils (WCC) >15x10^9
Calcium <2
Renal (Urea) >16 mmol/L
Enzymes: LDH>600, AST>200
Albumin <32 g/L
Sugars >10 mmol/L
Score calculates severity at 48h from admission. <3 = mild/moderate. 3+ = severe pancreatitis (consider HDU)
Explain the aetiology / risk factors of pancreatitis
GET SMASHED
Gallstones
EToH
Trauma
Steroids
Mumps
Autoimmune
Scorpion bite
Hypercalaemia, hyperlipidaemia
ERCP
Drugs (mesalazine, azathioprine, furosemide, sodium valproate)
Identify the possible complications of pancreatitis (acute and chronic)
- Short:
- Electrolyte / endocrine: hypocalcaemia, hypoglycaemia, hyperglycaemia
- Pancreatic: pancreatic abscess/effusion/pseudocyst, necrotising pancreatitis
- Systemic: AKI, ARDS, SIRS, DIC, haemorrhage (GI or intraperitoneal), MODS
- Long: pancreatic insufficiency, chronic pancreatitis, portal vein thrombosis, enteric fistula, intestinal obstruction
(BMJ, UpToDate)
Generate a management plan for acute pancreatitis
- Medical (ABCDE):Initial
- IV fluids (normal saline, if fluids resus needed). Measure UO /h
- High-flow O2 (if not saturating at 94%)
- Analgaesia (WHO ladder, often IV opiates eg fentanyl)
- IV Abx (if cholecystitis or infective)
- Enteral feeding - if tolerated
- Surgical
- If gallstones:
- ERCP w/i 72h onset of pain
- Cholecystectomy (same admission, unless prolonged disease course)
- If gallstones:
(NICE, UpToDate)
How can the three types of AI hepatitis be differentiated on serology?
Type 1: ANA +ve and/or smooth-muscle Ab +ve, adults + children
Type 2: anti-liver/kidney microsomal type 1 Ab +ve, children only
Type 3: soluble liver-kidney antigen, middle-aged adults
(passmedicine)
What are the main risk factors for AI hepatitis?
RFs:
- female
- genetic: HLA B8, HLA DR3
- PMHx: AI dx, hypergammaglobinaemia
(passmedicine)
Identify appropriate investigations for autoimmune hepatitis
- Confirm diagnosis
- Bloods: LFTs, ANA, SMA, anti liver/kidney microsomal type 1 Ab
- Biopsy: piecemeal necrosis, bridging necrosis
- Plan tx:
- Bloods: FBC, UEs, clotting
Generate a management plan for autoimmune hepatitis
- Medical
- Steroids
- Immunomodulators: azathioprine
- Surgical
- Liver transplant
(passmedicine)
Identify the possible complications of autoimmune hepatitis
- Immediate: acute liver failure
- Early: azathioprine-associated SEs (infections, neutropenia, pancreatitis)
- Late: hepatocellular carcinoma, end-stage liver disease, steroid-associated SEs (DM, osteoperosis, obesity, HTN),
(BMJ)
Summarise the prognosis for patients with autoimmune hepatitis
Morbidity: 80% achieve remission w/i 3y. On long-term azathioprine, ~20% relapse.
Mortality: 10y survival >90%
(BMJ)
Define primary sclerosing cholangitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a biliary disease of unknown aetiology characterised by inflammation and fibrosis of intra and extra-hepatic bile ducts
(passmedicine)
Explain the risk factors of primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Female, 40s
- PMH:
- ulcerative colitis: 4% of patients with UC have PSC, 80% of patients with PSC have UC
- Crohn’s (much less common association than UC)
- HIV
- ANCA +ve, anti-smooth muscle Ab +ve
(passmedicine)
Summarise the epidemiology of primary sclerosing cholangitis
13 / 100 000
F:M 2:1
Typically presents around 40y
(BMJ)
Generate a management plan for primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Conservative: healthy diet + wt, limit ETOH
- Medical
- Symptom control
- Pruritus relief: Colestyramine (or rifampicin, sertraline)
- ergocalciferol + calcium carbonate if osteopenic OR bisphosphonates +/- HRT if osteoperotic
- Symptom control
- Interventional procedure
- ERCP + stenting: if acutely ill + biliary stricture
- Surgical
- Liver transplant: if end-stage liver disease
(BMJ)