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HIgh urea + anaemia = ?

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Upper GI bleed

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What is the treeatment of Wilson’s disease?

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Penicillamine

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LFTs in cholestatic diesease?

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ALT normal
ALP raised
ALT/ALP < 2

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LFTs in hepatocellular disease?

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ALT raised
ALP normal
ALT/ALP 5+

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Causes of acute pancreatitis

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Gallstones
Ethanol
Trauma
Steroids
Mumps (other viruses include Coxsackie B)
Autoimmune (e.g. polyarteritis nodosa), Ascaris infection
Scorpion venom
Hypertriglyceridaemia, Hyperchylomicronaemia, Hypercalcaemia, Hypothermia
ERCP
Drugs

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What do you see on endoscopy in Crohn’s disease?

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Cobblestone appearance

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7
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Painless jaundice is classically associated with what kind of cancer?

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Pancreatic cancer

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What is Murphy’s sign?

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Patient stops breathing when you palpate the right costal margin due to acute cholecystitis

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9
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What is Virchow’s node associated with?

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Gastric cancer

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What kind of ulcer is alleviated by eating?

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Duodenal ulcer

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What condition is associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis?

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Ulcerative colitis

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What is the gold standard investigation for primary sclerosing cholangitis?

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ERCP/MRCP

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13
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What is the worrying complication of primary sclerosing cholangitis?

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cholangiocarcinoma

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14
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Where is the pain felt indiverticulitis?

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Left lower quadrant

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15
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What is Haemochromatosis?

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disorder of iron metabolism resulting in accumulation of iron

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16
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Liver disease + neurological signs points to…

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Wilson’s Disease

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17
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What metabolic picture is seen in vomiting?

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Metabolic alkalosis

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18
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Where does ulcerative colitis stop?

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Ileocaecal valve

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19
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What does metoclopramide treat?

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Nausea

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20
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Metabolic change associated with ACE inhibitora?

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hyperkalaemia

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21
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Metabolic change associated with vitamin D deficiency?

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Hypocalcaemia

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22
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Crypt abscesses are seen in..

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Ulverative colitis

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23
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Small bowel lymphoma is a complication of…

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Coeliac disease

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24
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Medical management of variceal haemorrhage?

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terlipressin

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25
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Prophylaxis of variceal haemorrhage?

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Propranolol

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26
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Anti-mitochondrial antibodies seen in…

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primary biliary cirrhosis

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27
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Most common cuase of Hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide

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Chronic Hepatitis B

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28
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Anti endomyseal antibody is associated with…

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coeliac disease

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29
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What is the triad of Budd-Chiari syndrome?

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sudden onset abdo pain
ascites
tender hepatomegaly

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30
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Investigation of of Budd-Chiari syndrome?

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Doppler ultrasound

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31
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What is Barrett’s oesophagus?

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Squamous epithelium replaced by columnar epithelium

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32
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What cancer is associated with h..pylori?

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B cell lymphoma of MALT tissue

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33
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First line antibiotic treatment for c.diff infection

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Oral metronidazole

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34
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First line anti motility agent for IBS?

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loperamide

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35
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Triad of Mesenteric ischaemia

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CVD, high lactate and soft but tender abdomen

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36
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Management of a liver absess

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drainage and antibiotics

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37
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Treatment of h,pylori infection

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PPI + amoxicillin + clarithromycin

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38
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1st line test for coeliac disease

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Tissue transglutaminase antiboties /anti TTG

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39
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Test for H.pylori post eradication therapy

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Urea breath test

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40
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Complication of ERCP

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pancreatitis

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41
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Describe the classic history of achalasia

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Dysphagia to solids and liquids from the start

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42
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What is visible on barium swallow in achalasia?

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Beak like deformity

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43
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What is the cause of coeliac disease?

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HLA DQ2 or DQ8

44
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If there is no FHx of coeliacs disease, what antibody blood tests can confirm diagnosis?

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Anti TTG and anti endomysial

45
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What would you see on duodenal biopsy in coeliac disease?

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Villous atrophy
Crypt hyperplasia
Lymphocyte infiltration

46
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What antibodies are positive in ulcerative colitis?

47
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Name 2 anti inflammatory drugs used in the treatment of ulcerative colitis?

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Sulfasalazine and mesalamine

48
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What can you hear on examination of bowel obstruction?

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Tinkling bowel sounds

49
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Most common site of intussusception?

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Ileocaecal calve

50
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What typically causes mesenteric ischaemia?

51
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Name a key risk factor for mesenteric ischaemia?

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Atrial fibrillation

smoking, vascular disease

52
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What area of the bowel is most commonly affected in ischaemic colitis?

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Splenic flexure

53
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Severe abdo pain out of proportion to physical findings with a history of a fib points to…

A

Mesenteric ischaemia

54
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Where is diverticular disease most likely to occur?

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The sigmoid colon

55
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What is the gold standard diagnositc test for diverticulitis?

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Abdominal CT (not colonoscopy)

56
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Left lower quadrant pain in an elderly person likely is….

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Diverticular disease

57
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What is Rovsing’s sign?

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When the LLQ is pressed there is pain felt on the right - positive for appendicitis

58
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Where does pancreatitis pain radiate to?

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epigastric pain radiates to the back

59
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Which anitbiotcs are related to c.diff infection?

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cephalosporins and clindamycin

60
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Name a drug which is a risk factor for c.diff (non antibiotic)

61
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How can c.diff be diagnosed?

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CD toxin found on stool sample

62
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what is the 2nd line treatment for c.diff if oral metronidazole doesn’t work

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Oral vancomycin

63
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Primary biliary cholangitis diagnosis?

A

Anti mitochondrial antibodies

64
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Itching in a middle aged woman is the classic presenation of…

A

Primary biliary cholangitis

65
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Treatment of haemochromatosis

A

venesection (blood letting)

66
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What must be done in patients with a suspected upper GI bleed?

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Endoscopy within 24 hours

67
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Medical management of variceal bleeding?

A

Terlipressin and prophylactic antibiotics

68
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Raised urea and a background of normal kidney function indicates…

A

Upper GI bleed

69
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investigations of choice in primary sclerosing cholangitis

70
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What condition is associated with primary scerosing cholangitis?

A

Ulcerative colitis

71
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jaundice, right upper quadrant pain and pruritus on a background of ulcerative colitis… diagnosis?

A

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

72
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How is liver cirrhosis diagnosed?

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transient elastography or Fibroscan

73
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Who should be screened for cirrhosis?

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  • Hep C positive people
  • Men who drink >50 units, women who drink >35 units
  • Those with alcohol related liver disease
74
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What is the most common form of inherited colorectal cancer?

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Hreditary non polyposis colorectal cancer - HPNCC

75
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What X-ray sign would you see in ulcerative colitis?

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Lead pipe appearance

76
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In spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, what is the causative organism seen on draining the ascitic fluid?

77
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What is the treatment for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis?

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IV Cefotaxime

78
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What is the first line treatment for crohn’s?

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Glucocorticosteroid e.g. IC hydrocortisone

79
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What is the treatment for a flare of ulcerative colitis?

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oral Mesalazine

80
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If oral mesalazine does not help a flare up of ulcerative colitis, what can be added?

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Prednisolone

81
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What are the symptoms of carcinoid syndrome?

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  1. Flushing
  2. Diarrhoea
  3. Bronchospasm
82
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What hormone is produced in carcinoid tumours?

83
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What does the modified glasgow score assess?

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The severity of acute pancreatitis

84
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What are the factors assessed in the modified glasgow score? - PANCREAS

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PaO2
Albumin
Nitrogen
Creatinine
Raised white cell count
Enzyme - lactate dehydrogenase
Age
Sugar (glucose)
85
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How to distinguish between IBD and IBS in primary care?

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Faecal calprotectin

86
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Most common cause of upper GI bleed?

A

Peptic ulcer

87
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What is the gold standard investigation of oesophageal cancer?

88
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Side effects of PPIs?

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Hyponatraemia
Osteoporosis
Increased risk of c.diff

89
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Blood results typically seen in primary sclerosing cholangitis?

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Raised ALP, gamma-GT and bilirubin

90
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Gold standard investigation for primary sclerosing cholangitis?

91
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Raised ALP is most commonly associated by problems with….

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The Bile Duct

92
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What is charcot’s triad?

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Ascending cholangitis:

  1. Fever
  2. Jaundice
  3. RUQ pain
93
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What does a positive Rovsing’s sign indicate?

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Appendicitis

94
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When would you see a positive murphy’s sign?

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Acute cholecystitis

95
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What is the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis?

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Prednisolone

96
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What would you see in the blood and ABG in mesenteric ischaemia?

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Raised lactate, acidosis

97
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Most common site of ischaemic colitis?

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Splenic flexure

98
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‘thumbprinting’ on abdominal x-ray indicates?

A

Ischaemic colitis

99
Q

Which hepatitis is most likely to precede hepatocellular carcinoma?

100
Q

First line treatment of severe c.diff infection is…

A

Vancomycin

101
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Treatment for hepatic encephalopathy?

A

Lactulose and rifaximin

102
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First line treatment for a crohn’s clare up?

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IV hydrocortisone

103
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If IV hydrocortisone does not aid a crohn’s flare up what is added?

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Biologic therapy/monoclonal antibody e.g. infliximab

104
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How to monitor hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence?

105
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What would you see on abdominal x ray in gall stone ileus?

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Small bowel obstruction

Air in the biliary tree

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