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GIT Flashcards

1
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Cholelithiasis in children is usually due to

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Hemolytic dyscrasia

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2
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Gold standard for diagnosis of biliary atresia

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Direct cholangiography

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3
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Most common form of biliary atresia

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Obliteration of the entire extra hepatic biliary tree at or above the porta hepatis

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4
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Seen in biliary atresia upon ultrasound where there is a cone shaped fibrotic mass cranial to the bifurcation of the portal vein

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Triangular cord sign

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5
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Biliary atresia vs neonatal hepatitis

Persistent acholic stool

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Biliary atresia

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6
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Most common cause of viral gastroenteritis in infants

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Rotavirus

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7
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Duration of acute diarrhea must not be more than how many days?

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14

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8
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Child presents with watery diarrhea and vomiting:

Day care center
Infants and toddlers

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Rotavirus

ETEC

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9
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Child presents with watery diarrhea and vomiting:

Profuse diarrhea and vomiting
Flecks of mucous on voluminous diarrhea

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Cholera

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10
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Child presents with watery diarrhea and vomiting:

Profuse diarrhea after eating raw oysters or undercooked shellfish

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Vibrio parahemolyticus

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11
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Child presents with watery diarrhea and vomiting:

Person to person
Winter

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Norwalk

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12
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Child presents with watery diarrhea and vomiting:

Greasy stool after camping

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Giardia

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13
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Child presents with watery diarrhea and vomiting:

After history if travel

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ETEC

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14
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In cholera, binding of the enterotoxin B to the ganglioside receptor activates what 2nd messenger?

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Adenylate cyclase

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15
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Increased levels of cAMP in cholera blocks reabsorption of?

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NaCl reabsorption

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16
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Drug treatment for cholera

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Tetracycline or Doxycycline

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17
Q

Invasion of intestinal epithelium is the basis for the bleeding diarrhea in what infection?

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Shigella

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18
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Enteric fever is caused by this organism

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Salmonella typhi

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19
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Empiric treatment for typhoid fever

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Ceftriaxone

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20
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Bloody diarrhea, pus and WBC in stools:

Trophozoite with ingested RBC

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Amoebiasis

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21
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Bloody diarrhea, pus and WBC in stools:

Abdominal cramps, systemic toxicity after antibiotic used

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Clostridium difficile

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22
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Usual antibiotics implicated in clostridium difficile infection

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Clinda
Ampi
2nd gen Ceph

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23
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Treatment for clostridium difficile

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Metro

Vanco

24
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Bloody diarrhea, pus and WBC in stools:

Abdominal cramps, tenesmus

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Shigella

25
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Bloody diarrhea, pus and WBC in stools:

High fever, headache, drowsiness, confusion, meningismus, seizures, abdominal distention

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Salmonella

26
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Bloody diarrhea, pus and WBC in stools:

Diarrhea after eating hamburger

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EHEC

27
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This serotype of Shigella produces Shiga toxin that is implicated in HUS

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Shigella dysenteriae

28
Q

Clue in the Symptoms that is most likely due to shigella

A

Painful defecation

29
Q

Differentials for shigella

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SECCSY

Salmonella 
EIEC
Entamoeba histolytica 
Campylobacter 
Clostridium difficile
Yersinia enterolitica
30
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Empiric treatment for shigella

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Cipro

31
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Most common cause of intestinal obstruction between 3 months and 6 years old

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Intussuception

32
Q

Currant jelly stool
Sausage shaped mass
Coiled spring sign in barium enema
Donut or target sign in UTZ

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Intussuception

33
Q

Noted to have vomiting every after feeding

Clear breath sounds, firm movable mass on abdomen

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Pyloric stenosis

34
Q

Vomit greenish material after every feeding on 1st day of life

Nondistended abdomen with hyperactive bowel sounds

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Duodenal atresia

35
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Double bubble sign on xray

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Duodenal atresia

36
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Most common segment affected in Hirschprung

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Rectosigmoid

37
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Most common cause of intestinal obstruction in neonates

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Hirschprung

38
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Gold standard for diagnosis of Hirschprung

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Rectal suction biopsy

39
Q

Definitive repair for Hirschprung occurs when the infant is

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6-12 months

40
Q

Abdominal pain, vomiting

Cant pass NGT

Omega sign/coffee bean sign

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Volvulus

41
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Abdominal pain, vomiting

Postprandial vomiting, nonbilious, abdominal distention, Down’s

Olive shaped mass
Barium- shoulder sign, double tract sign

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Pyloric stenosis

42
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Painless rectal bleeding
Intermittent pain
Normal history or recurrent obstruction

Scintigraphy scan to detect gastric tissue

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Meckel’s diverticulum

43
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Where is Meckel’s usually found?

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2ft from the ileocecal valve

44
Q

How many criteria must be met to diagnose functional constipation?

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2

45
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In foreign body ingestion, symptoms of cervical swelling, erythema and subcutaneous crepitations may indicate

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Perforation of oropharynx or proximal esophagus

46
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What test must be done if the foreign object cannot be visualized and the child is symptomatic?

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Endoscopy

47
Q

Alkali agents cause this type of necrosis

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Liquefactive

48
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Acidic agents can cause this type of necrosis

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Coagulative

49
Q

Common causes of acute pancreatitis in children

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Blunt abdominal injury

Viral illness

50
Q

Which pancreatic enzyme is more specific for acute inflammatory pancreatitis?

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Lipase

51
Q

Sign in acute pancreatitis that refers to subcutaneous hemorrhage

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Cullen sign

52
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Sign in acute pancreatitis that refers to retroperitoneal hemorrhage

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Grey Turner sign

53
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Management for acute pancreatitis

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NPO
TPN
Antibiotics
Analgesic

54
Q

First clinical evidence of HBV infection is the elevation of

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ALT levels 6-7 weeks after exposure

55
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Most valuable single serologic marker of acute HBV infection

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Anti- HBc

Pediatrics PLE (13 decks)

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