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1
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Weight loss, anemia, Heme-positive stool

Next best test

A

Endoscopy

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2
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Recent travel to south america and new onset dysphagia

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Chagas

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3
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Achalasia Tests
first?
best?

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Barium esophagram
“Bird’s beak”

Best? manometry

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4
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Achalasia Tx:

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Pneumatic dilation
botulinum
Heller Myotomy

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50 y o, dysphagia, alcohol and tobacco use, >5 yr GERD

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Esophageal Cancers

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6
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I think Esophageal cancer what test do I order?

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Endoscopy

No tissue no issues

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7
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Tx for esophageal cancer?

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Surgical resection

Chemo/radiation adjuvant therapy

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8
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Suddent onset chest pain, not related to exertion. EKG and stress r/o Cardiac origins
Dx?
Best initial test?
Accurate Test?

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Diffuse Esophageal spasm
Esophagram
Manometry

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9
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Tx for DES

A

Nitrates

Calcium channel blockers

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10
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Difficulty swallowing
+ HIV
CD4 count

A 
Tx: fluconazole
Doesn't resolve?
Endoscopy with biopsy
HSV small vesicles Tx: acyclovir
CMV large vesicles Tx: ganciclovir and foscarnet
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11
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Schatzki Ring

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Steak house syndrome

tx: pneumatic dilation

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12
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Plummer vinson syndrome Triad

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  1. Dysphagia
  2. Iron Def.
  3. Glossitis
    Test: barium esophagram
    Tx: Iron def.
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13
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Zenker’s

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True lumen involving all three layers person wake s up with snacks and halitosis tx. with surgery

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14
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Calcinosis
Raynauds
Esophageal webs
Sclerodactyl
Telangiectasia
A

Scleroderma

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15
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hemoptysis after drinking

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Mallory weiss tear
only in the muscosal layers
Dx: endoscopy tx with epinephrine injections if bleeding doesn’t resolve

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16
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Hemoptysis after drinking + crepitus

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Surgical emergency

the pt has a esophageal rupture aka Boerhaave Syndrome

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17
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Right Upper Quadrant

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Cholelithiasis
Biliary Colic
Cholangitis
Perforated duodenal ulcer

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18
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Left Upper Quadrant

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Splenic rupture

IBD

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19
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Right lower Quadrant pain

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Ectopic pregnancy
Ovarian torsion
cecal volvulus
cecal diverticulitis
Appendicitis
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20
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Left Lower Quadrant pain

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sigmoid volvulus
sigmoid divierticulitis
ovarian torsion
Ectopic pregnancy

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21
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Midepigastric pain

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Pancreatitis
Aortic rupture
duodenal ulcer

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22
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epigastric plus Pain worse with food

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gastric ulcer

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23
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Epigastric plus pain better with food

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duodenal ulcer

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24
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epigastric pain + weight loss

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cancer, gastric ulcer

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25
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Epigastric Pain +tender

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pancreatitis

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26
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epigastric pain _ Bad taste, cough, horseness

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GERD

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27
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epigastric pain + nothing

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non-ulcer dyspepsia

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28
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Epigastric Pain Tx:

A

PPI
H2 Blocker
Liquid antacids
Misoprostol (used in NSAID gastric damage)

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29
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Heartburn, metallic taste, cough
Dx:
test?

A

GERD

24 hr. pH monitoring

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30
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When do I do endoscopy for Barrett’s

A

5 years after having GERD

or when there is odynophagia, weight loss, anemia, heme-pos stools

31
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Barrett’s Endoscopy results show
Tx if it shows dysplasia?
Tx if it shows Low grade dysplasia
Tx if it shows high grade dysplasia

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D: PPI rescope every 2-3 years
LG: PPI and rescope 6-12 mo
HG: Ablation with endo, photodynamic therapy, radiofreq ablation, surgical removal

32
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Causes of gastritis

A

alcohol, NSAID, H pylori, Portal HTN, stress

33
Q

Gastritis Test?

A

EGD

34
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Stress ulcer prophylaxis indication

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Mechanical ventilation
Burn’s -curling ulcers
Head trauma- cushing ulcers
Coagulopathy

35
Q

PUD

A

Gastric and duodenal ulcers

36
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MCC of PUD

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H. Pylori and NSAID

37
Q

Gastric Ulcer + H pylori

A

cancer in 4%

38
Q

Duodenal ulcer + H. Pylori

A

no cancer.

39
Q

Tx of H Pylori

A

Clarithromycin and amoxicillin

PCN allergy? metronidazol and clarithromycin

40
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If H. Pylori doesn’t resolve and you have a duodenal ulcer what do you do?

A

Tx. With metronidazol

41
Q

If H. Pylori doesn’t resolve and you have gastric ulcer

what do you do?

A

CANCER r/o CANCER with another endoscopy

42
Q

Diarrhea, abdominal pain, anemia, heme-positive stool.
Ulcers larger than 1 cm
Multiple
Past 3rd part of the duodenum

A

Gastrinoma

43
Q

Persistent high gastrin levels despite injecting secretin

A

Most accurate test for gastrinoma

44
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After diagnosis of gastrinoma what tests do you order?

A

Somatostatin receptor scintingraphy +endoscopic ultrasound

45
Q

long standing diabetes stops motility in the stomach treated with erythomycin

A

Diabetic Gastroparesis

Succussion splash

46
Q 
Stabilizing Tx:
Fluids
pRBC
FFP
Platelets
A

Fluids: 1-2 L an hour
pRBC: Hct 1.3
Platelets

47
Q

What antibiotic is most associated with C Diff

A

clindamycin

48
Q

Diarrhea suspecting c. diff what is the test?

A

stool c diff toxin

Most accurate PCR C Diff.

49
Q

C diff. treatment

A

oral metronidazole

50
Q

c diff treatment not working with first line what do you give?

A

vancomycin and fidaxomicin

51
Q

Celiac disease tests
best?
accurate

A

best? anti-tissue transglutaminase

Accurate? small biopsy

52
Q

Whipple’s Disease features

A

arthralgias, ocular findings, neurologic abnormalities, fever, lymphadenopathy

53
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Whipple’s most accurate test

A

bowel wall biopsy showing specific organism

54
Q

Whipple’s treatment

A

ceftriaxone or TMP/SMX

55
Q

Chronic pancreatitis test

A

secretin stim test

NG tube normal pancrea releases large volume of bicarbonate-rich fluids after IV secretin

56
Q

Carcinoid Syndrome Tx

A

Octreotide

57
Q

Lactose Intolerance initial test

A

stool osmolality test

58
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Lactose intolerance accurate test

A

cessation of symptoms after diet change

59
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IBS

A

relieved by bowel movement

Tx: fiber, antispasmodic agent, TCA, antimotility agents

60
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Diverticulosis vs Diverticulitis

A

-litis has LLQ pain and tenderness, fever, leukocytosis, palpable mass sometimes occurs

61
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Diverticulitis Tx

A

ciprofloxacin +metronidazole
Amoxicillin/clavulanate
Ticarcillin/clavulanate
piperacillin/tazobactam

62
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HNPCC colonoscopy

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25 y.o. every 1-2 year

63
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FAP colonoscopy

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12 y.o. and every year

64
Q

Previous adenomatous polyposis colonscopy?

A

every 3-5 years

65
Q

Acute epigastric pain, tenderness, n/u

A

Pancreatitis

“like a spear to the back”

66
Q

Around the side to my back pain?

A

cholecystitis

67
Q

Worst prognostic factor for pancreatitis

A

low calcium

68
Q

spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Test? treatment?

A

cell count >250 neutrophils

tx: cefotaximine or ceftriaxone

69
Q

woman in 40s, fatigue, itching, normal bili, elevated alk phos

A

Primary biliary cirrhosis

70
Q

PBC accurate test?

A

liver biopsy

71
Q

PBC accurate blood test?

A

antimitochondrial antibody

72
Q

PBC tx?

A

Ursodeoxycholic acid

73
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Primary Sclerosis Cholangitis

A

Pruritus, elevated alk phosp, GGTP, elevated bili

Tx: cholestyramine/Ursodeoxycholic acid

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