GI Review Flashcards
Drugs that can cause leg swelling
Ca Channel blockers
Also: NSAIDS and steroids
Two main causes of acute pancreatitis
alcohol or gallstones
pancreatic calcifications on abdominal imaging
chronic pancreatitis
Less common causes of acute pancreatitis
idiopathic
Metabolic (hypertriglyceridemia, hypercalcemia)
Meds: (GLP-analogues, valproic acid, HCTZ)
fever
RUQ pain
Palpable gallbladder
cholangitis- stone in common bile duct
What hormone causes gallbladder contraction?
CCK
Tumor marker for pancreatic cancer
CA 19-9
Tumor maker in carcinoid tumor
5-HIAA (in urine)
Boerhaave syndrome
esophageal rupture from vomiting.
Leads to mediastinitis and respiratory failrue
Palmar erythema is a sign of
high estrogen levels-> cirrhosis and pregnancy
Zollinger Ellison Syndrome
gastrinoma
Causes jejunal ulcers and chronic diarrhea
severe pain out of proportion to exam
in older person with CAD
Mesenteric ischemia
Older person, debilitated
abdominal distension
massive colon on x-ray
volvulus
Older person
left lower quadrant pain
fever
diverticulitis
1-2 year old
intermittent jelly like stools
Intussusception
Most common cause of Traveller’s diarrhea
E. coli
Diarrhea
no fever
5 hours after exposure
S. aureus
shellfish
water still
after travel
low K
vibrio cholera
HIV chronic diarrhea
cryptosporidium
Also: giardia, Isospora, Cyclospora, CMV
Chronic steatorreha
duodenal biopsy with villous atrophy
Celiac’s
Outdoor exposure
diarrhea
high eosinophils
Strongdyloides
Diarrhea after antiboitic exposure
Colstridium difficule
High indirect bilirubin after stress
No other symptoms
Gilbert’s
5 week old clay stools jaundice HSM increase in direct bilirubin
obstruction of the biliary system
Mild jaundice
elevated LDH
high reticulocyte count
peripheral smear findings
hemolytic anemia
40ish woman
itching
liver disease
high alk phos
primary biliary cirrhosis (Anti-mitochondrial)
Liver disease
Altered mental status
young person
Wilson’s disease
Lab finding in Wilson’s disease
Low ceruloplasm