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paediatric GI Flashcards

1
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why do babies get GORD?

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-babies have immature lower oesophageal sphincter

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how does GORD present?

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  • regurgitation
  • chronic hiccups
  • presents in 1st 2 months of life and improves in first year
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investigations for GORD?

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  • clinical diagnoses
  • older kids= 24 hour ambulatory oesophageal pH monitoring
  • Suspect oesophagitis= endoscopy
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treatment for GORD?

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  • self resolves in 1 year
  • avoid over feeding, feed in prone
  • gaviscon immediately after feed
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how does pyloric stenosis occur?

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progressive hypertrophy of pyloric sphincter muscle which leads to gastric obstruction

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how does pyloric stenosis present?

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  • projectile vomiting (roughly 30 mins after feed)
  • child remains hungry and eager to feed
  • weight loss
  • dehydration + constipation
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what investigations are done for pyloric stenosis?

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examination- olive shaped mass in RUQ
USS- hypertrophic pyloric muscle (DIAGNOSTIC)
Blood gas- hypochloraemia, hypokalaemia + metabolic alkalosis

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treatment for pyloric stenosis?

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Ramstedt pyloromyotomy

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what is intussusception?

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  • telescoping of small bowel leading to obstruction
  • usually involving the ileocecal valve
  • can cause bowel necrosis if left untreated
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presentation of intussusception?

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  • child unwell/ floppy
  • palpable ‘sausage’ mass
  • red current jelly in stool
  • vomit + episodic colicky abdo pain
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investigations for intussusception?

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USS- kidney bean or target/ bulls eye sign

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treatment for intussusception?

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conservative= air enema retraction

surgical= laparascopic surgery

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what causes malrotation with volvulus?

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  • absent mesentery attachments

- allows organs to wrap around eachother (leading to volvulus)

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presentation of malrotation with volvulus?

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-green, bilious vomit is malrotation with volvulus until proven otherwise

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investigations for malrotation with volvulus?

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1st= Abdo Xray

2nd= upper GI contrast

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treatment for malrotation with volvulus?

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immediate referral to srugery

17
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what is Cow’s protein allergy?

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-immune mediated response to casein + weigh

18
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how does Cow’s milk protein allergy present?

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  • Urticaria, atopic eczema
  • colic, irritability, crying
  • wheeze, cough
19
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investigations for Cow’s milk protein allergy?

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  • elimination diet

- skin prick or RAST (radioallergosorbent test)

20
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treatment for Cow’s milk protein allergy?

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1st= use extensive hydrolysed formula (eHF)
severe= amino acid based formula
21
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presentation coeliac?

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  • pale stool
  • abdo pain/ bloating
  • failure to thrive
  • crypt hyperplasia, villi flattening
22
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investigations for coeliac?

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GOLD STANDARD= endoscopy with duodenal biopsy

IgA tissue transglutaminase (TTG)

23
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coeliac treatment?

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Gluten free diet

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most common cause of gastroenteritis?

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rotavirus

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presentation gastroenteritis?

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  • acute onset vomiting
  • followed by diarrhoea
  • post infection lactose intolerance
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treatment gastroenteritis?

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  • oral rehydration therapy (ORT)

- diaorylate

27
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treatment for dehydration?

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1st= encourage breast feeding
2nd= oral rehydration solution (ORS) over 4 hours
severe= 0.9% NaCl (slow infusion over 48 hours)
28
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most common cause of lower GI bleed in new born?

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  • necrotising enterocolitis

- anal fissure

29
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most common cause of lower GI bleed in 1 month- 1 year?

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Intussusception

Anal fissure

30
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most common cause of lower GI bleed in 1-2 years?

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  • polyps

- Meckel’s diverticulum

31
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most common cause of lower GI bleed in >2 years>

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  • polyps
  • intussusception
  • IBD
32
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treatment for neonatal sepsis?

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IV nezyl penicillin + gentamicing

33
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presentation of neonatal sepsis?

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  • fever, tachy or bradicardia, hypoxia
  • poor feeding, vomiting, hypoglycaemia
  • resp distress, grunting, apnoea
  • seizures

RED FLAGS:-confirmed or suspected sepsis in mum-signs of shock (pyrexial or hypothermic)-resp distress starting >4 hours after birth-seizures

34
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what is biliary atresia?

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  • congenital condition
  • part of the biliary tract is narrowed/ absent leading to cholestasis

cholestasis= liver disease that occurs when the flow of bile from liver is reduced or blocked

35
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what are the types of biliary atresia?

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3= left + right ducts at the level or porta hepatis are narrowed/ absent (>90%)
2= cystic duct + cystic structures are absent
3= proximal ducts are patent but the common duct is not
36
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how does biliary atresia present?

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  • prolonged jaundice (>14 days)= pale stool + dark urine
  • abnormal growth
  • hepatosplenomegaly
37
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investigations for biliary atresia?

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abdominal USS

liver biopsy

38
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treatment for biliary atresia?

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-surgical dissection of abnormalities in ducts

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