GI Flashcards
alarming symptoms to do endoscopy
weight loss
blood in stool
anemia
alarming symptoms to do endoscopy
weight loss
blood in stool
anemia
YOUNG patient with progressive dysphagia for solids and liquids
achalasia
most accurate test in achalasia
manometry
tx of achalasia
DILATION, no cure
- botox injections
- pneumatic balloon dilations
- heller myotomy
chance of perforation with pneumatic balloon dilation
dx of esophagus disorders
RADIOLOGIC tests okay to do first, but always lack the specificity of endoscopy
BIOPSY– only diagnostic of cancer and baretts
most important clue for esophageal cancer
PROGRESSIVE dysphagia
PROGRESSIVE DYSPHAGIA by age
YOUNG- achalasia+ NO smoking/alcohol
OLD- esophageal cancer+ YES smoking/alcohol
best initial test for esophageal cancer
BARIUM
DIAGNOSTIC test for esophageal cancer
BIOPSY ie. most accurate
generally for cancer the radiologic test is…
NEVER the most accurate
YOUNG patient with progressive dysphagia for solids and liquids
achalasia
most accurate test in achalasia
manometry
tx of achalasia
DILATION, no cure
- botox injections
- pneumatic balloon dilations
- heller myotomy
chance of perforation with pneumatic balloon dilation
less than 3%
dx of esophagus disorders
RADIOLOGIC tests okay to do first, but always lack the specificity of endoscopy
BIOPSY– only diagnostic of cancer and baretts
most important clue for esophageal cancer
PROGRESSIVE dysphagia
PROGRESSIVE DYSPHAGIA by age
YOUNG- achalasia+ NO smoking/alcohol
OLD- esophageal cancer+ YES smoking/alcohol
best initial test for esophageal cancer
BARIUM
DIAGNOSTIC test for esophageal cancer
BIOPSY ie. most accurate
generally for cancer the radiologic test is…
NEVER the most accurate
sudden onset chest pain
worsened by drinking COLD LIQUIDS
diffuse esophageal spasm
most accurate diagnosis of eso spasm
MANOMETRY
treatment of diffuse esophageal spasm
CCB’s
drugs a/w esophagitis
- alendronate
- doxycycline
- KCl
intermittent dysphagia
shatzki ring
barium for diffuse esophageal spasm
corkscrew esophagus
2 investigations contra-indicated in zenkers
NG tube
endoscopy
since can–> PERFORATION–> more dangerous
manometry= answer for
- spasm
- achalasia
- scleroderm
pain= symptom,
equivalent to….
tenderness=sign
MCC of epigastric pain
NON-ulcer dyspepsia= 50-90%
which is not admitted to the hospital, thus we don’t see on wards majority of the time
PC:
- epigastric pain
- no significant hx
- patient less than 50 years old
NON-ulcer dyspepsia
PC:
- diabetes
- bloating
GASTROPARESIS
WRONG TX answer for epigastric pain
= MISOPROSTOL
which quadrant does IBS classically present in?
LUQ– since splenic flexure syndrome
diagnosis of GERD
can be clinical alone (not all symptoms have to be present)
isolated pyrosis on OGD—>
NORMAL
when does GERD–> Barrett’s: 5 YEARS
invasive treatment for GERD:
- nissen fundoplication
- endocinch: LES suture
- local heat/radiation
can gastritis be made from a clinical diagnosis alone?
NOOOOOOO– definitive diagnosis from endoscopy
capsule endscopy for upper GI bleed
WRONG answer!
do alcohol and smoking cause peptic ulcer disease
NOOOOOO, they do DELAY HEALING of ulcers
most accurate test for H.pylori diagnosis
ENDSCOPY
stress ulcer prophylaxis indicated in
- mechanical ventilation
- burns (curling)
- head trauma (cushings)
- coagulaopathy
random but HY risk factor for acute gastritis
URAEMIA
GI bleeding WITHOUT pain
gastritis
can PUD dx be made from clinical alone?
NOOOOO need endoscopy and biopsy
what can help in resolution of PUD
bismuth with triple therapy
H.PYLORI TESTS OF CURE (and treatment failure)
- UREA BREATH TEST
- STOOL ANTIGEN
- SEROLOGY
- Endoscopy and bx
repeat bx and endoscopy for which type of ulcer
GU since chance of getting cancerous
failed therapy to PUD
- non-adherence
- NSAID’s
- alcohol
- smoking
when to scope if PC= DYSPEPSIA
- age>55
- alarming symptoms:
- dysphagia
- weight loss
- anemia
treatment for Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia
- PPI’s
2. IF symptoms persists + H.pylori present= treat H.pylori