GIT Flashcards
Patient with cholecystectomy with a significant medical problem (DM) next step for the surgery
delay the cholecystectomy until acute inflammation resolves
cause of acute cholangitis(2)
choledocholithiasis
sclerosing cholangitis
quid of diarrhea(2)
> 200 g of stools per day
change in stool consistency
quid of acute diarrhea
< 3 weeks
quid of chronic diarrhea
> 6 weeks
cause of acute diarrhea(8)
E coli Campylobacter vibrio cholerae giardia salmonella shigella c difficile HIV related diarrhea
cause of pediatric diarrhea
rotavirus
causes of chronic diarhea(6)
IBD intolerance au lactose celiac sprue Vipoma carcinoid malabsorbtion
when to avoid anti motility in diarhhea(3)
bloody diarrhea
high fever
systemic toxicity
clue for acute diarrhea(2)
infectious
self limited
most common etiology of infectious diarrhea
Campylobacter
first test to do in chronic diarrhea(5)
fecal leucocytes occult blood flexible sigmoidoscopy upper GI series baryum enema
chronic diarrhea with abnormal fecal leucocytes occult blood flexible sigmoidoscopy upper GI series baryum enema dx(2)
inflammatory bowel disease
cancer
chronic diarrhea with normal fecal leucocytes occult blood flexible sigmoidoscopy upper GI series baryum enema next step(2)
calculate osmotic gap
chronic diarrhea with high osmotic gap next step
calculate fecal fat