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GI Flashcards

1
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What is a side effect of calcium channel blockers?

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Gingival hypertrophy/hyperplasia

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2
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Bird beak appearance (and distended oesophagus)

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Achalasia (if this appearance is in lower GI imaging is a sign of bowel obstruction)

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3
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What to the letters in the “GET SMASHED” pneumonic for pancreatitis stand for?

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Gallstones
Ethanol (alcohol)
Trauma
Steroids
Mumps
Autoimmune
Scorpion bites/stings
Hyperlipidaemia/Hyperthermia/Hypercalcaemia
ERCP
Drugs
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4
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Murphy’s sign positive

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Cholecystitis

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5
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Pale stools, jaundice, abdominal pain

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Biliary obstruction

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6
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Abdominal distension, caput medusae, shifting dullness

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Portal hypertension + ascites

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7
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Pyoderma gangrenosum. erythema nodosum

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Chron’s/UC

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8
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Tinkling bowel sounds

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Bowel Obstruction

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9
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Vesicular rash + weight loss

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Coeliac disease

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10
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Virchow’s node (left supra clavicular)

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Gastric cancer

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11
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Urea breath test

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H pylori

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12
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“Rice water” like stools

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Vibrio cholera

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13
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AMA

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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis/Cholangitis

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14
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ASMA

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Autoimmune hepatitis

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15
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Alpha Feto Protein

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (or teratoma)

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16
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Cobblestone mucosa; indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa

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Chron’s disease

17
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Diuretic used for ascites (due to cirrhosis)

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Spironolactone

18
Q

Corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow

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Diffuse oesophageal spasm

19
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Severe abdominal pain and D&V after raw milk

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Campylobacter

20
Q

What does Russell’s sign indicate ?

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Self-induced vomiting

21
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Mallory’s hyaline bodies

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Alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis) and chronic active hepatitis

22
Q

Crypt abscesses/ cryptitis

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Chron’s)

23
Q

Onion skinning fibrosis + beading of bile ducts

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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

24
Q

“Signet Ring” cells seen on biopsy

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Adenocarcinoma (diffuse stomach cancer) e.g. linitis plastica

25
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Thumbprinting sign on X-ray commonly at splenic flexure

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Ischaemic colitis

26
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Which condition is associated with Charcot’s triad (fever, jaundice and abdominal pain) ?

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Acute cholangitis

27
Q

Causes for an abdominal mass “A CHEMICAL”

A 
AAA
Chron's 
Hernia
Enlarged lymphadenopathy
Malignancy
Intersusception
Cysts OR abscess
Appendicitis
Lymphadenopathy
28
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Causes for bowel obstruction “BATH VIPS”

A 
Bolus
Adhesions
Tumour
Hernia
Volvulus
Intersussception
Pseudo-obstruction
Stricture

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