GI

Question 1

Stool guaiac test - false positives

Answer 1

Red fruits, red meat, methylene blue, chlorophyll, iodide, cupric sulfate, bromide

Question 2

Thumbprinting on Ab xray suggests what dx?

Answer 2

Ischemic colitis

Question 3

Angiodysplasia is more common in what age group?

Answer 3

Young

Question 4

Sudden, sharp pain after defecation along with blood on TP suggests:

Answer 4

An anal fissue

Question 5

Most common organism causing of food poisoning in the US

Answer 5

Clostridium perfringens (enterotoxin, nonbloody)

Question 6

How to rehydrate a diarrhea pt who cannot tolerate PO

Answer 6

LR

Question 7

First serological marker to go up in Hep B

Answer 7

hepatitis B surface antigen

Question 8

Hx of aortic repair w/ GI bleed, risk for

Answer 8

aortoenteric fistula

Most common location - duodenum

Question 9

Most common location for perforation of peptic ulcer

Answer 9

Anterior wall of duodenum

Question 10

MOA of octreotide

Answer 10

decreases splanchnic blood flow

Question 11

Dosage of octreotide

Answer 11

Bolus of 50mcg, followed by 50mcg/hr