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last min tings <3 Flashcards

1
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what is smooth muscle coupled by

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gap junctions

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2
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what is the indirect pathway of gastic secretion

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ach and gastrin stimulating ECL - resulting in histamine which acts on the partietal cell

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3
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give exmalpes of PGE antagonists

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NSAIDS

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4
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what do you give alongside NSAIDS

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misoprostol - a PGE1 analougue

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5
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examples of mucosal strenghtneres

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sucralfate and bismuth chealate

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6
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what suppresses peristalsis

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CCK and gastrin

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7
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what is the oder of carbs

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polysarrharides
ogliosaccharides
monosaccharides

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8
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what must all dietry carbs be converted to

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monosahharides for absoption

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9
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what does B12 bind to before binding to intrinsic faactor

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hapatocorin

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10
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what controls the defeacation reflec

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pudenal nerves

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11
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what is an exampled of a simulant purgitave

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bisacodyl

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12
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what is an example of a faecal softener

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docusate sodium

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13
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how are fatty acids oxidised

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through b oxidation

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14
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what do a4-b7 and madcam-1 do

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allow lymphoctes to move into the assocaited tissue and into the gut

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15
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treatment of allergic oesophagitis

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steroids, chromoglycate and montelukast

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16
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what are squamous papilloma associated with

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HPV

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17
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what is the first type of gastric adenocarcinoma

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interstitial
form polypoid mass/ exophytic
tumuors have rolled up edges
h pylori assocaited

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18
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what is the second type of gastric adenocarcinoma

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expands / infiltrates the stomach wall

signet ring on histology

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19
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gastic lymphom

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b cell

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20
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how to treat diverticular disease

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uncomplicated - antibiotcs

complicacated - drainage, hartmanns procedure

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21
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which patients is hairy leukoplkia seen in

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HIV patients and EBV patients

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22
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what do you do when there are ALARM symtpoms in dyspepsia

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test for h pylori

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23
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what is tropical sprue

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colonisation of intestine by infectous agent in the carribrenas - cause is unknown

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24
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whipples disease

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caused by tropheryma whipplei
required antibiotics
middle agend man

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25
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how to treat a carcinoid of the appendix

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<1cm - addpendectomy

>2cm - complete right hemi colon

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26
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treatment of small bowel obstructuvion

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nasogastric tube to decompress the stomach

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27
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what are kuppfer cells

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macrophages which remove bacterial matter and dead RBC which produced bilirubin

28
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what are stellate celles

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store via A and are within the space of disse, may deposit collagen, beginning liver cirrhosis

29
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treatment of gallstones

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laparoscopic cholecystectomy
ursodeoxyxholic acid
morphine buprenophrine
atropine or GN

30
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what does CPY450 do

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makes the drug have an OH group

31
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what does UDP-GT do

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adds a larger group onto the OH

32
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how to treat hepatic encephalophy

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laculose (converts ammonia into ammonium) and antibiotics eg rifaximin

33
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who gets NASH

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non - drinkers

34
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what si compensated cirrhosis

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clinically normal, incidental finding

symptoms - spider naevi

35
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what is decompensated cirrhosis

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liver failure - end staege

jaundice, ascites, encelophaty

36
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where is the fundus of gall bladder loacted

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L1

37
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what is a paediatric inguinal hernia assocaited with

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processes vaginalis

38
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inx for appendicitis

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US

39
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treatment of achalasi

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CCBs and nitrates
botox
cardiomyotomy, baloon oesophageal dilation

40
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what cancer is assoc with pulmmer vinson syndrome

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oesophageal adenocarcinoma

41
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inx for gastroperesis

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oesophageal mamometry

42
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inx for malabsoprtion

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FBC, coagultion, LFTs and then endoscopy / imaging

43
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when to offer a lower GI test ofr IBS

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if >50

44
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treatement for IBS

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stop opiates and analgesia
loperamide
antispasmodics - mebeverine
amitryptiling

45
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what are some symptoms of acute mesenteric ischaemia

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pain out of proption, no abdo signs, rapid hypovolaemia, constant/central/RIF pain

46
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treatment of acute mesenteric ischaemic

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metro and gent - due to the mucosal damage

47
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inx of mesenteric ischaemia

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CT angiogrpahy at laparotomy

48
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inx of meckels

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radionucleotide scan and laparptomy

49
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what is trulove and witts criteria

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> 6 blood stools/day + 1 of fever, tahcy, anaemia, elevated ERS = severe UC

50
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invx of bowel obstruction

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abdo xray

51
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things with short incubtation times

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bacillus ceurss and staph aureus

52
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things with medium incubation times

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salmonella nad c perfingens

53
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things with long incubation time

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campylobacter and e coli and giardiasis and enteric fever

54
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how to treat enteric fever

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cefiriaxone

55
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leptin

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reduced levels minic starvation

56
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insulin

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inhibit food intake

57
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orlistat

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inhibits pancreas uuptake so decreases TAG absoption

58
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direct inguinal hernia is caused by

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weak posterior wall

59
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prehepatic jaunice

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excess haem production eg malena - increased unconjugated bilirubin

60
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intrahepatic jaundice

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hepatocellular damage leading to intrahepatic choelsista eg viral drugs - increased conjugated or unconjugate bilirubin

61
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post hepatic jaundice

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obsruction to bile flow from liver eg gallbladder - increased conjugated bilirubin

62
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symptomas of carcinoid tumours

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flushing, wheexing, diarrhoea

63
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t1

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no deeper than mucosa

64
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t2

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not through muscularis

65
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t3

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though muscularis propria

66
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t4

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tumour has directly invaded other organs

67
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whats in the hepatoduodenal ligament

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CBD, portal vein, proper hepatic artery

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