Peds GI Flashcards
1
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Pyloric stenosis- Eti
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- Narrowing outlet of stomach- fails to relax after meal
- Unknown cause
- 3:1000
- M>F
- Fam hx
2
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Pyloric stenosis- Sx
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- 2-4 wks of age
- Post-prandial distension, visible peristaltic wave
- Olive like mass
- Regurgitation, nonbilious vomiting, projectile
- Hungry
- severe dehydration, lytes imbalance, oliguria
3
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Pyloric stenosis- Dx
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- Upper GI with barium: sting sign
- US
4
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Pyloric stenosis- Tx
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- Most common cause for surg
5
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Intussusception- Eti
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- Telescoping of bowel into distal segment
- Most common cause of intestinal obstruction in 1st 2 yrs
- Idiopathic
6
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Intussusception- Sx
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- Current jelly stool - 12 hrs
- V/D
- Severe cycles of pain, appear well between
- Sausage shaped mass
- Tender to palpation, distension
7
Q
Intussusception- Dx
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- Saline/ contrast/ air enema
- 3% risk of recurrence
8
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Intussusception- Tx
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- Enema to reduce
- Surgery if perforation, peritonitis, necrosis
9
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Intussusception- Tx
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- Enema to reduce
- Surgery if perforation, peritonitis, necrosis
10
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Meconium Ileus- Eti
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- Bowel obstruction from thickened meconium
- CF until proven otherwise
11
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Meconium Ileus- Sx
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- Normal wt
- Distended abd
- Failure to pass meconium
- Loops of thick, distended bowel on exam
12
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Meconium Ileus- Dx
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- Abd film: Soap bubble in RLQ
- Gold standard: Water soluble contrast enema
- Sweat chloride for CF
13
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Meconium Ileus- Tx
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- Enema
- NG suction
- IV fluids
14
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Meconium Ileus- Tx
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- Enema
- NG suction
- IV fluids
15
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Malrotation- Eto
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- Twisting of intestinal loop due to embryonic development
- Partial or complete obstruction
16
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Volvulus- Eti
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Complication of malrotation- 50% children
- Sm bowel around mesenteric artery
- Ischemia & necrosis
17
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Malrotation/ Volvulus- Sx
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- Look well then ill quickly
- Extreme pain
- Hemodynamic deterioration
- Bulging typanic mass
- Frank blood per rectum
18
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Malrotation/ Volvulus- Sx
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- Look well then ill quickly
- Extreme pain
- Hemodynamic deterioration
- Bulging tympanic mass
- Frank blood per rectum
19
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Malrotation/ Volvulus- Dx
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- ABd xray: coffee bean sigmoid
- Double bubble sign- dilated stomach & duodenum
- UGI: corkscrew
- Barium: birds beak