Ischemic/Vascular, Gallstones/Biliary Disease Flashcards
Ischemic Diseases of the GI tract
- Ischemic colitis
- Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
- Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
- Venous Mesenteric Ischemia
Ischemic Colitis: Presentation
hematochezia, diarrhea, abdominal pain
Ischemic Colitis: Physical Exam
abdominal tenderness
Ischemic Colitis: Diagnosis
Abdominal CT, colonoscopy
Ischemic Colitis: Treatment
conservative
Ischemic Colitis: Outcome
normally benign
Acute Mesenteric Ischemica
medical/surgical emergency
delay in diagnosis
Acute Mesenteric Ischemica: Presentation
- Early abdominal pain without ileus
- Peritoneal signs only in advanced disease
- Not always blood
Acute Mesenteric Ischemica: Diagnosis
X-ray, CT (thickened bowel wall, ileus and portal vein gas), MRI
-Angiography: sen 70-100%, spec 100%
Acute Mesenteric Ischemica: Treatment
ICU management, vasodilators by angiography, surgery
Acute Mesenteric Ischemica: Outcome
poor
Distinguishing Features of Ischemic Colitis
- 90% over 60
- acute cause is rare
- mild pain
- tenderness
- bleeding
- colonoscopy
Distinguishing Features of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
- age varies
- acute cause is typical
- severe pain
- tenderness is not prominent early
- bleeding uncommon
- angiography
Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
- abdominal pain after eating
- at least 2 of 3 splanchnic arteries usually have significant occlusive disease
Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia: Diagnosis
CT, MRI, ultrasonography, angiography
Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia: Treatment
angioplasty, stent placement, surgery
Venous Mesenteric Ischemia
- presentation in several days
- associated with hyper-coagulability state
Venous Mesenteric Ischemia: Diagnosis
abdominal CT, MRI, angiography
Venous Mesenteric Ischemia: Treatment
stent, surgery, anticoagulation
Melena
upper 90% of time
black, tarry, loose or sticky, malodorous stool caused by degraded blood in intestine and generally indicates an upper GI source, although it may originate in the right colon
Hematochezia
lower 90% of time
- bright red blood from rectum, may be mixed with stools and usually indicates a lower GI lesions
- if upper GI source, its a massive hemorrhage
GI bleeding Classification
- upper or lower
- obscure overt bleeding, obscure occult bleeding