Motility Disorders of the GI tract

Question 1

Understand that there are multiple underlying etiologies to GI motility disorders

Answer 1

CNS disorders

Neuropathic: DM, primary pediatric visceral neuropathy

Myopathic: Scleroderma, amyloidosis, primary pediatric visceral myopathy

Question 2

What is normal esophageal motility?

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Question 3

What is the altered esophageal motility pattern in achalasia and scleroderma?

Answer 3

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Question 4

What is normal gastric motility?

Answer 4

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Question 5

What is altered gastric motility in functional dyspepsia and gastroparesis?

Answer 5

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Question 6

What is altered small bowel motility with underlying neuropathic disorders?

Answer 6

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Question 7

What is altered small bowel motility with underlying myopathic disorders?

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Question 8

Describe CIPO as a manifestation of small intestinal dysmotility

Answer 8

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Question 9

Discribe normal colonic motility

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Question 10

Describe altered colonic motility in chronic constipation, Hirschsprung’s disease and dyssynergic defecation

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