GI from book

Question 1

failure of the lower esophageal muscle to relax

Answer 1

achlasia

Question 2

abnormal connection between teh trachea and esophagus is

Answer 2

trachesophageal fistula

Question 3

what is the classic sign of achlasia

Answer 3

looks like bird in barium swallow

Question 4

laceration of the esophageal and gastric mucosa due to prolonged vomiting

Answer 4

mallory weiss syndrome

Question 5

narrowing of the valve b/t the stomach and dugoenum to scar tissue in chronic ulcers

Answer 5

pyloric stenosis

Question 6

what are s/s of pyloric stenosis

Answer 6

n/v, cramps, projectile vomiting, delayed gastric emptying

Question 7

travelers diarrhea

Answer 7

giardia

Question 8

what is the leading cause of diarrhea in infants and young children world wide

Answer 8

rotavirus

Question 9

what is the cause of peptic ulcer

Answer 9

H. pylori

Question 10

a bowel obstruction in young children when intestines become thicker than normal creating a blockage

Answer 10

meconius ileum

Question 11

what is overweight

Answer 11

25 - 29.9

Question 12

obestity BMI

Answer 12

anything over 30

Question 13

what is the disorder that is chronic malnutriton in infancy and causes protein deficiency

Answer 13

kwashiorkor

Question 14

what is a the disorder of deficiency in all nutrients

Answer 14

marasmus

Question 15

chronic inflammation of colon with presecene of ulcers

Answer 15

ulcerative colitis

Question 16

ulcerative/colitis more common in the

Answer 16

rectum/sigmoid

Question 17

deficiency of all nutrients is

Answer 17

marsmus

Question 18

chronic malnutrition in infancy protein deficiency

Answer 18

kwashiorkor

Question 19

chronic inflammation process involving any portion of GI track from mouth to anus

Answer 19

chrons

Question 20

telescoping of one part of the intestine into another

Answer 20

intussecption

Question 21

what are some s/s of intesseption

Answer 21

current jelly stools, n/v

Question 22

dirrhea is caused by an incomplete absorption of water from teh

Answer 22

large intestine