PUD Flashcards
etiologies of PUD
- H. Pylori (majority of PUD)
- chronic NSAID/ ASA use
clinical presentation of PUD
- Epigastric pain
- dyspepsia
duodenal ulcer presentation
pain relieved with eating
gastric ulcer
pain worsened with eating
Diagnostic testing for PUD
- Endoscopy is the gold standard
H pylori antibody testing/antigen
urea breath test- quick results (false negative w/ PPIs, abx and bismuth compounds)
Treatment of PUD
oral PPI or H2RA therapy
Eradication of H Pylori treatment
2 antibiotics, 1 PPI, bismuth
Tetracycline 500 mg, metronidazole 250 QID, bismuth 525 mg QID, and PPI (first line) (omeprazole 20 mg)
Second line: Clarithromycin 500 mg BID, amoxicillin 1g BID and PPI
sucrafate is used as a
stress ulcer prophylaxis- coats the eroded mucosal surface w/o blocking acid secretion.
Educate patient
quit smoking and and to stop alcohol consumption
Misoprostol used for
NSAID ulcer prophylaxis
________ ulcers tend to perforate into the pancreas causing acute pancreatitis
Duodenal
PUD complications
Bleeding ulcers
perforated ulcer
transfuse plts if < ____________
50,000