GI & Nutrition

Question 1

Antibiotic combinations for community-acquired cholangitis

Answer 1

cipro/levofloxacin/CTX/cefazolin/cefuroxime/cefotaxime AND metronidazole; a single agent would be pip-tazo or ertapenem

Question 2

The majority of patients with this biliary disease have ulcerative colitis.

Answer 2

primary sclerosing cholangitis; there are also at higher risk for cholangiocarcinoma; the reverse is not true aka most UC patients don’t of PSC

Question 3

Chronic _ typically causes postprandial abdominal pain and weight loss that results in chronic dull pain as the process worsens. The first line diagnostic step is _.

Answer 3

mesenteric ischemia; outpatient angiogram