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Define dyspepsia

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Literally - bad digestion

Pain or discomfort in the upper abdomen

Also encompasses: •retrosternal pain, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, bloating, fullness, early satiety and heartburn

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What can cause the symptom of dyspepsia?

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Upper GI:

  • Peptic ulcer
  • Gastritis
  • Non ulcer dyspepsia
  • Gastric cancer

Hepatic causes

Gallstones

Pancreatic disease

Lower GI (IBS, Colonic cancer)

Coeliac disease

Other systemic disease

Drugs

Psycological

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When do you refer someone with dyspepsia for an endoscopy?

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  • Anorexia
  • Loss of weight
  • Anaemia – iron deficiency
  • Recent onset >55 years or persistent despite treatment
  • Melaena/haematemesis (GI bleeding) or mass
  • Swallowing problems - dysphagia

ALARMS

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What are the risks associated with endoscopy?

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Bleeding, perforation and reaction to drugs given

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What are the key things to do if a patient presents with dyspepsia?

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History and examination

Bloods (FBC, ferritin, LFTs, U and Es, calcium, glucose, coeliac serology/serum IgA)

Drug history - NSAIDS, steroids, bisphosphonates, Ca antagonists, nitrates, theophyllines, remember OTT

Lifestyle - alcohol, diet, weight reduction, exercise,

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When would an UGIE be indicated when alarm features are absent?

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If the patient is over 55 years of age?

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What is the follow up test for a patient after an UGI with dyspepsia?

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Test for helicobacterpylori

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What is the eradication therapy for helicobacter pylori?

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Symptomatic treatment with PPIs or H2R antagonists and lifestyle factors

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Describe helicobacter pylori

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Gram negative, spiral shaped, microaerophilic, flagelated gram negative bacteria

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What is the prevalence of helicobacter pylori in the world?

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50% world population

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What type of mucosa can helico bacter pylori colonise?

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Gastric type mucosa

Resides in the surface of the mucus layer and does not penetrate the epithelial layer

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What are the outcomes of helicobacter pylori?

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Asymptomatic of chronic gastritis

Chronic atrophic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia

Gastric or duodenal ulcer

Gastric cancer MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma

(Outcome dependent on site of colonization, characteristics of bacteria and host factors e.g. genetic susceptibility & other environmental factors e.g. smoking)

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Which part of the stomach is likely to cause DU disease when afflicted by helicobacter pylori?

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Antrum

Infection results in predominant gastritis: increase in acid produciton

Low risk of gastric cancer

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Which part of the stomach is likely to cause gastric cancer when afflicted by helicobacter pylori infection?

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Corpus predominant gastritis

There is an increase in gastric atrophy

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What are the non-invasive methods of H pylori infection?

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What are the invasive methods of H pylori infection?

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(Requiring endoscopy)

Histology: Gastric biopsies stained for the bacteria

Culture of gastric biopsies

Rapid slide urease test

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What chemical is used to determine the presence of H pylori in the rapid slide urease tests?

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Ammonia (produced by the H pylori urease)

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What is meant by gastritis?

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Inflammation in the gastric mucosa

Histological diagnosis

Clinical features seen at endoscopy

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What are the causes of gastritis?

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Autoimmune (parietal cells)

Bacterial (H. Pylori)

Chemical (bile/NSAIDs)

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What causes the majority of peptic ulcers?

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Helicobacter pylori infection

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What are other causes of peptic ulcers?

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NSAIDS

Smoking

•Rarely they are caused by other conditions such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, hyperparathyroidism, Crohn’s disease

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Useful notes on peptic ulcers

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Usually releived by antacids – stops acids irritating that area

Pain is sometimes worse at night/ when they haven’t eaten

Endoscopy is the best diagnosis, sometimes hard to detect signs

Biopsies important so we know if it is benign / malignant

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What symptoms are associate with peptic ulcer?

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  • Epigastric pain is the main feature (pointing sign, may be relieved by antacids)
  • Nocturnal/hunger pain (more common in DU)
  • Back pain (may suggest penetration of a posterior DU)
  • Nausea and occasionally vomiting
  • Weight loss and anorexia
  • Only sign may be epigastric tenderness
  • If the ulcer bleeds, patients may present with haematemesis and/or melaena, or anaemia
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Give examples of antacid therapy
•Antacid medication – proton pump inhibitors (omeprazole)or H2 receptor antagonists (ranitidine)
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How are peptic ulcers treated?
Antacids NSAIDS are to be stopped or should continue to recieve other protective agents following eradication therapy •Surgery is only indicated in complicated PUD (Peptic ulcer disease (PUD), is a break in the lining of the stomach, first part of the small intestine, or occasionally the lower esophagus)
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What is the eradication therapy of H pylori?
_Triple therapy for 7 days_ * Clarithromycin 500mg bd * Amoxycillin 1g bd (or Metronidazole 400mg bd) * Tetracycline is given if penicillin allergy * PPI: e.g. omeprazole 20mg bd
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What are the complications of a peptic ulcer?
* Acute bleeding – melaena and haematemesis * Chronic bleeding – iron deficiency anaemia * Perforation * Fibrotic stricture (narrowing) * Gastric outlet obstruction – oedema or stricture
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What are the signs and symptoms of gastric outlet obstruction?
Vomiting – lacks bile, fermented foodstuffs (since food gets stored in the stomach for a long time) Early satiety, abdominal distension, weight loss, gastric splash Dehydration and loss of H+ and Cl- in vomit Metabolic alkalosis Bloods – low Cl, low Na, low K, renal impairment
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What is the diagnosis of gastric outlet obstruction?
UGIE (upper GI endoscopy)
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How is gastric outlet obstruction treated?
Endoscopic balloon dilatation
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What is the second most common malignancy worldwide?
Gastric cancer Majority are adenocarcinoma (epithelial cells, other types include MALT and GIST) (gastro intestinal stromal tumour)
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How do patients with gastric cancer present?
Dyspepsia, early satiety, nausea & vomiting, weight loss, GI bleeding, iron deficiency anaemia, gastric outlet obstruction
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What are the aetiologies of gastric cancer?
Smoking HIgh salt diet Foods high in nitrates HP infection
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How is a histological diagnosis of gastric cancer achieved?
Endoscopies and biopsies
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How do you perform staging investigations?
•CT chest/abdo – lymph nodes and liver/lungs/peritoneum/bone marrow
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What multidiscpiplinary team members are involved in the treatment of gastric cancer?
gastroenterologist, pathologist, radiologist, upper GI surgeons, oncologists, specialist nurses
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What is the treatment of gastric cancer?
Surgical and chemotherapy
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