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Paediatric Gastroenterology Flashcards

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4 presentations of vomiting

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Vomiting with retching
Projectile vomiting
Effortless vomiting
Bilious vomiting

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Symptoms of vomiting pre-ejection phase

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Pallor
Tachycardia
Nausea

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Stimuli of vomiting centres

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Enteric pathogens
Intestinal inflammation
Metabolic derangement
Infection
Head injury
Visual stimuli
Middle ear stimuli
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Differentials for case
6 week old baby
3 week history of vomiting after every feed
Bottle fed 6 ounces hourly
Vomit - large volume, mikly/curdy, projectile
Irritable, crying
Not gaining any weight
Dehydrated
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Gastrooesophageal reflux
Overfeeding
Pyloric stenosis

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Signs of pyloric stenosis with further examination/investigation

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Test feed
Palpation of olive tumour
Visible gastric peristalsis

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Investigations for pyloric stenosis

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Blood gas

Ultrasound

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Management of pyloric stenosis

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Fluid resuscitation

Ramstedts pyloromyotomy

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Which group of patients does pyloric stenosis commonly present in?

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Babies 4-12 weeks

More common in boys

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Symptoms of pyloric stenosis

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Projectile non-bilious vomiting, particularly 30 minutes after feed
Dehydration
Weight loss
Shock

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Electrolyte disturbance characteristic of pyloric stenosis

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Hypochloraema
Hypokalemia
Metabolic alkalosis

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Why does bilious vomiting occur?

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Intestinal obstruction until proven otherwise

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Cases of bilious vomiting

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Malrotation
Intussusception
Atresia
Ileus
Crohns with strictures
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Investigations of bilious vomiting

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Abdominal x-ray
Contrast meal
Laparotomy

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Most common cause of effortless vomiting

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Gastrooesophageal reflux

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Prognosis of effortless vomiting due to GOR

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Usually self-limiting

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Exceptions to self-limiting effortless vomiting/reflux

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Cerebral palsy
Progressive neurological problems
Oesophageal atresia +/- TOF operated
Generalised GI motility

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Presenting symptoms of gastrooesophageal reflux

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Vomiting
Haematemesis

Feeding problems
Failure to thrive

Apnoea
Cough
Wheeze
Chest infections

Sandrifer’s syndrome

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What is sandrifer’s syndrome?

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Neurological disorder - movement associated
Nodding
Rotation of head
Spastic torticollis
Dystonic movement

Movement could be to ease discomfort

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Assessment of gastrooesophageal reflux

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History
Examination
Radiology - video fluoroscopy / barium swallow
pH study
Oesophageal impedance monitor
Endoscopy
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4 elements of treatment for Gastrooesophageal reflux

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Feeding Advice
Nutritional support
Medical
Surgical

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Management of feeding in gastrooesophageal reflux

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Using thickeners for liquids
Looking at food textures and amounts
Behavioural programme - oral stimulation, remove aversive stimuli
Feeding position

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Nutritional management of gastrooesophageal reflux

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Calorie supplements
Exclusion diet
NG tube
Gastrotomy

23
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Medical management of gastrooesophageal reflux

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Food thickeners - gaviscon
Prokinetic drugs
Acid suppressing drugs - PPIs, H2R blockers

24
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Indications for surgery in gastrooesophageal reflux

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Failure to thrive
Aspiration
Oesophagitis

25
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Surgical interventions for gastrooesophageal reflux

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Nissens fundoplication

26
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Complications of nissen fundoplication

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Post op in cerebral palsy - bloating, dumping |(sweating and diarrhoea) and retching

May unmask other GI motility issues

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Definition of chronic diarrhoea

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Greater than 4 stools per day for weeks

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Causes of diarrhoea

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Motility disturbance - toddlers diarrhoea, IBS
Active secretion - acute infective, inflammatory bowel disease
Malabsorption of nutrients - Coeliac, food allergy, cystic fibrosis

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4 types of diarrhoea

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Osmotic
Secretory
Motility
Inflammatory

30
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Causes of motility diarrhoea

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Toddlers
IBS
Congenital hyperthyroidism
Chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction

31
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Cause of secretory diarrhoea

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Enterotoxigenic e coli
Vibrio cholerae
Active chloride secretion by CFTR

32
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Clinical approach to assessing child with diarrhoea

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History 
- Age of onset
= Abrupt/gradual onset
- Family history
-Nocturnal defecation

Weight of child and growth
Faeces analysis - stool culture

33
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What does nocturnal defecation in a child presenting with diarrhoea indicate?

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Organic cause

34
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Causes of fat malabsorption

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Pancreatic disease

Hepatobiliary disease - chronic liver disease, cholestasis

35
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Signs and symptoms of coeliac disease

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Abdominal bloatedness
Diarrhoea
Failure to thrive
Short stature
Constipation
Tiredness
Dermatitis herpatiformis
36
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Screening for coeliac disease

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Serology
Duodenal biopsy
Genetic testing

37
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Which serological tests are carried out for coeliac disease?

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Anti-tissue transglutaminase
Anti endomysial
Antigliadin

38
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What deficiency can result in false negatives in serological testing for coeliac disease?

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IgA

39
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Which genes are tested for coeliac disease?

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HLA DQ2

DQ 8 Positive

40
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How might a child be diagnosed with coeliac without performing a duodenal biopsy>

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Symptomatic
Anti TTG > times 10 of normal upper limit
Positive anti endomysial antibodies
HLA DQ2 DQ8 positive

41
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Treatment for coeliac disease

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Gluten free diet for life
( cannot exclude gluten prior to diagnosis)
Can rechallenge and rebiopsy in children who present under 2 years of age

42
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Leaving coeliac disease untreated can result in what condition

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Greater risk of rare small bowel lymphoma

43
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What percentage of infants experience regurgitation?

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40%`

44
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When is regurgitation and gastrooesophageal reflux most likely to present?

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Around 2 weeks

45
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Define regurgitation

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Passing of stomach contents beyond the oesophagus

46
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Risk factors for GOR/GORD in infantsq

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Prematurity
Parental history of heartburn or acid regurgitation
Obesity
Hiatus hernia
History of (repaired) congenital diaphragmatic hernia
History of (repaired) congenial oesophageal atresia
Neurodisability (eg. cerebral palsy)

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Example of a full feeding history

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Check position, attachment, technique, duration, frequency and type of milk.
Calculate the volume of milk being given as babies can be over-fed and therefore have gastric over-distension.
Ask about frequency and estimated volume of vomits
Find out the relationship of symptoms to feeds.

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Symptoms to enquire about related to episodes of GORD

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Distressed behaviour (eg. excessive crying, unusual neck postures, back-arching)
Unexplained feeding difficulties (refusing feeds, gagging, choking)
Hoarseness and/or chronic cough in children
A single episode of pneumonia
Faltering growth
If child is able to they may report retrosternal or epigastric pain

49
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Other differentials for GORD

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Pyloric stenosis: Frequent, forceful (projectile) vomiting in <2 month olds
Intestinal obstruction: bile-stained (green or yellow-green) vomit, such as malrotation volvulus
Any acute surgical abdominal issue: abdominal distension, tenderness, or palpable mass
Upper gastrointestinal bleed: haematemesis (beware swallowed blood from cracked nipple if breastfeeding or patient with epistaxis)
Sepsis: altered responsiveness, severe prolonged vomiting, petechial rash, bulging fontanelle if central nervous system involvement
Raised intracranial pressure: rapidly increasing head circumference (>1cm per week), persistent headache and vomiting following periods of recumbence (eg. in morning)
Blood in stool: consider bacterial gastroenteritis, cow’s milk protein allergy.
Chronic diarrhoea, especially if atopic: consider cow’s milk protein allergy.
Urinary tract infection especially if associated with lower urinary tract symptoms
If onset is >6 months of age or symptoms persist beyond 1 year then reflux is unlikely

50
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Conditions related with coeliac disease

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Type 1 diabetes
Down syndrome
Turner syndrome
Other autoimmune diseases, such as thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis & Addison’s disease.

51
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Histological changes in biopsy for coeliac

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Crypt hyperplasia

Villous atrophy

52
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Differential diagnosis for coeliac disease

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Tropical sprue
Cystic fibrosis
Inflammatory bowel disease
Post – gastroenteritis
Autoimmune enteropathy
Eosinophilic enteritis
53
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Classification of duodenal biopsy for coeliac disease

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Stage Definition
0 Normal
1 Increased intraepithelial lymphocytes
2 Increased inflammatory cells and crypt hyperplasia
3 All of the above plus mild to complete villous atrophy – specific to coeliac disease

54
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Complications of coeliac disease

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anaemia
osteopenia/ osteoporosis
refractory coeliac disease( symptoms persist despite diet, my need treatment with steroids)
malignancy
fertility problems/ adverse events during pregnancy
depression/ anxiety (11, 12)

Paediatrics (10 decks)

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