GI from book Flashcards
failure of the lower esophageal muscle to relax
achlasia
abnormal connection between teh trachea and esophagus is
trachesophageal fistula
what is the classic sign of achlasia
looks like bird in barium swallow
laceration of the esophageal and gastric mucosa due to prolonged vomiting
mallory weiss syndrome
narrowing of the valve b/t the stomach and dugoenum to scar tissue in chronic ulcers
pyloric stenosis
what are s/s of pyloric stenosis
n/v, cramps, projectile vomiting, delayed gastric emptying
travelers diarrhea
giardia
what is the leading cause of diarrhea in infants and young children world wide
rotavirus
what is the cause of peptic ulcer
H. pylori
a bowel obstruction in young children when intestines become thicker than normal creating a blockage
meconius ileum
what is overweight
25 - 29.9
obestity BMI
anything over 30
what is the disorder that is chronic malnutriton in infancy and causes protein deficiency
kwashiorkor
what is a the disorder of deficiency in all nutrients
marasmus
chronic inflammation of colon with presecene of ulcers
ulcerative colitis
ulcerative/colitis more common in the
rectum/sigmoid
deficiency of all nutrients is
marsmus
chronic malnutrition in infancy protein deficiency
kwashiorkor
chronic inflammation process involving any portion of GI track from mouth to anus
chrons
telescoping of one part of the intestine into another
intussecption
what are some s/s of intesseption
current jelly stools, n/v
dirrhea is caused by an incomplete absorption of water from teh
large intestine
