GI Flashcards
Mesenteric Ischemia
Pain out of proportion to exam
older person with CAD
Ectopic pregnancy
younger woman, sudden lower abdominal pain
chronic discharge and lower abd pain
PID
nephrolithiasis
paroxysmal, can’t sit still, hematuria
Volvulus
older person, debilitated, abd distention
massive colon on x ray
Diverticulitis
older person, LLQ pain, fever
Intussusception
1-2 year old
intermittent, jelly like stools
Causes of chronic pancreatitis
alcohol, gall stones
hypertriglyceridemia
hypercalcemia
Causes of acute pancreatitis
HCTZ, exenatide, valproic acid
consquences of chronic pancreatitis
calcifications
consequences of acute pancreatitis
pseudocysts
necrosis
cause of biliary colic
CCK, makes GB contract
5-HIAA
carcinoid
flushing
Zollingerr-Ellison
elevated gastrin
most common cause of traveler’s diarrhea
E coli
most common cause of food poisioning (immediate, w/ vomitting)
S. aureus
cholera
shellfish, watery, travel, low K
HIV and chronic diarrhea
cryptosporidium Giardia isospora cyclospora CMV
chronic steatorrhea
celiac dz
Strongdyloides
outdoor exposure
eosinophils
fever, RUQ pain, palpable gallbladder
cholangitis
common bile duct stone
hemolytic anemia
mild jaundice
elevated LDH, reticulocyte count
perpiheral smear findings
Gilberts
asymptomatic unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
deficiency of glucuronyltransferase
breast milk and vitamin def
vitamin D
wilson’s disease
low ceruloplasmin
liver disease, altered mental status, young person
Hemochromatosis
HFE genotype
diabetes, CHF, liver dz, skin or testicular findings