Nutritional and Digestive Disorders Flashcards
What’s a good medication for migraine-related nausea?
Prochlorperazine
What’s a good medication for vestibular-related nausea?
Promethazine or scopolamine
What’s a good medication for pregnancy-related nausea?
Promethazine
What’s a good medication for postoperative nausea?
Ondansetron
What’s a good medication for palliative care nausea?
Octreotide
What’s a good medication for gastroparetic nausea?
MTX
Which organisms cause acute diarrhea within 6 hours of ingestion?
Staph aureus
Bacillus cereus
Ru cereus? We have a staph meeting in 6 hours?
Which organisms cause acute diarrhea within 8-16 hours of ingestion?
Clostridium perfringens
Which organisms cause acute diarrhea within 16+ hours of ingestion?
E Coli
What organism causes diarrhea that progresses to fever, headache, muscle aches, and stiff neck? Esp in pregnancy?
Listeria
Which antibiotic treats C. diff?
Metronidazole
What is the medical definition of constipation?
Fewer than 3 BMs per week
What 2 antidepressants can help IBS?
SSRIs and tricyclics
What 2 antispasmodics can help IBS?
Hyoscyamine and diclomine
Crohn’s or UC:
Skip lesions, apthous ulcers, cobblestone appearance, transmural involvement, pseudopolyps, and can involve the entire GI tract?
Crohn’s
What medication is good for Crohn’s?
Sulfasalazine; steroids for exacerbations; azathroprine
Crohn’s or UC:
Nontransmural involvement, always involves the rectum, bloody diarrhea
UC
What meds treat UC?
Same as Crohn’s
What two HLA subtypes are involved in 95% of people with celiac?
DQ2 and DQ8
Which condition involves nonvillous flattening of the small bowel, IgA tissue transglutaminase, or antiendomysial Ab?
Celiac
What do black gallstones indicate?
Sickle cell, thalassemia, alcoholic cirrhosis (hemolysis)
What do brown gallstones indicate?
Biliary infection
How elevated is serum lipase and/or amylase in acute pancreatitis compared to normal?
3x the upper limit of normal
