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Risk of esophageal eisonipholis
Perforation
Upper endoscopy
Persistent heartburn , dysphagia, odynophagia
Diagnostic, direct visualization, and therapeutic, can take biopsies
Video esophagogreaphy
Oropharyngeal dysphagia
Barium esophagography
Esophageal dysphagia
Differentiate mechanical lesion and motility disorder
Rings, achlasia, proximal lesions
Esophageal nanometer
Motility
Achlasia suspected
Dysphagia where no mechanical obstruction
PH test esophagus
Catheter based-trans nasal catheter
Wireless-capsule in esophagus mucosa
Info about acid reflux -do in ppl with persistent symptoms despite PPI
Causes of oropharyngeal dysphagia
Neurological
Muscular and rheumatologist
Metabolic disorders
Infectious disease
Structural disorders-zenker
Motility disorders
Clues of mechanical obstruction of esophagus
Solid food worse than liquid
Schatski ring
Not progressive
Peptic stricture
Chronic heart burn, progressice dysphagia
Esophageal cancer
Progressive dysphagia, over 50
Eosinophilic esophagitis
Young, corrugated rings, or white papules, proximal stricture
Achlasia
Progressive dysphagia,
Diffuse esophageal spasm
Intermittent, not progressive, ay have chest pain
Scleroderma
Chronic heart burn, raynaud
Ineffective esophageal motility
Intermittent, not progressice, commonly associated with GERD
Oropharyngeal dysphagia vs esophageal dysphagia
Neck, nasal regurgitation, aspiration, ENT
Chest or neck, food impaction
Cause of structural oropharyngeal dysphagia
Zenker
Neoplasm
Cervical web
Propulsive neurogenic oropharyngeal dysphagia
Cerebral vascular accident
Parkinson
ALS
Myotonic propulsive oropharyngeal dysphagia
Myasthenia gravis
Polymyositis
Propulsive esophageal dysphagia (solid and liquid)
GERD with weak peristalsis
Structural esophageal dysphagia (solid)
Intermittent-schatski, web
Progressive-neoplasm
Variable-peptic stricture, eosinophilic esophagitis
Pill esophagitis
Infectious esophagitis
GERD presentation
Esophageal dysphagia with weak peristalsis
Solids and liquids non progressice
Barretts and adenocarcinoma
PH test
Treat GERD
Acid suppression and lifestyle modicfications
Decreased etoh and caffeine
Low fat
Bed incline
H pylori eradication
Alarm features of GERD
Weight loss, resistant vomiting, constant or severe pain, dysphagia.odynophagia, hematemesis, melena, anemia,
Do endoscopy
Heart burn, regurgitation, dysphagia, patient takes baking sods
Atypical presentation GERD
Laryngopharyngeal reflux
Asthma chronic cough
Timing of symptoms with GERD
30 or 60 min after food and upon reclining
Diagnose GERD
Clinically
Alarm features warrant more studies
Dysphagia, odynophagia, hematemesis, melena, weight loss, vomit, severe pain, iron deficient anemia
GERD symptoms that get upper endoscopy
Persistent despite treatment or alarm features
For detecting complications of gerd-stricture, barrett, adenocarcinoma
Who with GERD gets barium esophagography
NOT DIAGNOSIS
In patients with dysphagia or before endoscopy to identify peptic stricture
Who with GERD gets esophageal pH testing
Atypical esophageal symptoms or considering anti reflux surgery
Treat extraesophageal reflux manifestation
PPI suggests that acid reflex is causative factor
For 3 months
Do pH test in persist 3 months on PPI
Hiatal hernia picture
Ok? Reflux LES issue
Scleroderma symptoms
Esophageal dysphagia, mainly solids, motility propulsion problem
(Ebsent peristalsis combined with severe weakness of the LES )
Progressive
Thickening and hardening of skin fibrosis
Chronic heart burn and raynaud
Who gets scleroderma
30-50 women
Zenker diverticulum
Upper esophagus structural
Between cricopharyngeus muscle and the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscles
Symptoms zenker
Dysphagia, regurgitation, choking, aspiration, voice changes, bad breath
Where is zenker diverticulum
Jillian’s triangle area of weakness
Diagnose zenker
Barium
Sjorgens syndrome
Who gets it
Rheumatologist females 50s postmenopausal
Sjorgens symptoms
Dry eyes, dry mouth->oropharyngeal dysphagia, vaginal dryness, tracheo-bronchial dryness
Oral infections (candida) dental carries
Salivary gland enlargement
Keratoconjunctivitis-foreign body sensation in eyes
B cell non Hodgkin lymphoma
Barrett sign
Goblet and columnar cells
Squamous->columnar
Risk factors barrett
Chronic reflux
Truncus obesity independent of GERD
Symptoms BE
Not specific
90% asymptomatic
Heart burn regurgitation
Diagnose BE
Endoscopy suspect
Confirm biopsy
Treat barrett
PPI-don’t help barrett but may reduce risk of cancer
Endoscopic therapy to remove dysplastic barret epithelium
Should all people with GERD be screening for adenocarcinoma
No just ppl with multiple risk factors for adenocarcinoma
Chronic gerd, hiatal hernia, obesity, white race, male, over 50
Do endoscopy ever 3-5 years if have barrett
Where are peptic strictures
Gastroesophageal junction
Risk for peptic stricture
Esophagitis
Symptoms peptic stricture
Gradual and progressice development of solid food dysphagia over years
Heartbrurn bc stricture is barrier to reflux
Diagnosis peptic stricture
Endoscopy with biopsy is mandatory to differentiate it from esophageal carcinoma
Treat peptic stricture
Dilation. At time of endoscopy
PPI do decrease recurrence
Risk factor squamous cell carcinoma esophagus
Heavy smoking, alchol, achlasia, Plummer Vinson, Tylosis, hot beverage,
Esophagitis
Unresponsive reflux disease with esophagitis
What causes esophagitis
Gastrin OA Ze
Pill induced esophagitis
Resistance to PPI
Medical noncompliance
Swallowed without water of supine
Most common meds of pill endured esophagitis
NSAIDS< potassium chloride pulls, antibiotics, alendronate and risedronate
Symptoms pill endured esophagitis
Retrostenal chest pain, odynophagia, dysphagia,
Diagnose pill endured esophagitis
Endoscopy may reveal discrete ulcers
Complication pill induced esophagitis
Stricture, hemorrhage, perforation
Prevent pill endured esophagitis
Pill with water
Remain upright
Look out for esophageal dysmotility, dysphagia, or stricture
What causes infectious esophagitis
Candida, herpes, cmv, in immunosuppressed, diabetes,
Diagnose infectious esophagitis
Endoscopy with biopsy and culture
CMV
Large shallow superficial ulcers
Herpes esophagitis
Multiple small deep ulcerations
Oral ulcers associated
Candida esophagitis
Diffuse, liberal, yellow white plaques adherent to the mucosa
Pictures
Ok
What are causes of caustic esophageal injury
Accidental kids
Deliberate adults suicide
Symptoms caustic esophageal injury
Burning, chest pain, gagging, dysphagia, drooling
Aspiration strider wheezing
Diagnosis caustic esophageal injury
Circulatory status and airway potency and laryngoscopes
Chest and abdominal radiographs-pneumonitis or free perforation
Complications caustic esophageal injury
Phenumonitis
Perforation
Treat caustic esophageal injury
ICU
Nasogastric lovage and oral antidotes may be dangerous and NOT administered
Laryngoscopy to assess need for tracheostomy
Endoscopy
Psychiatric referral
Fasting and monitor start oral
Watch for strictures in coming months
Endoscopic superveillance of esophageal caustic injury for 15-20 years
Risk of esophageal squamous carcinoma
Diagnose mallory weiss
Endoscopy
What do if mallory weiss tears keep bleeding
Inject with epinephrine , cautery, mechanical compression with endoscopic therapy
What may cause eosinophilic esophagitis
Food or environmental antigens are through to stimulate an inflammatory response
History of atopy asthma
Symptoms eosinophilic esophagitis
Dysphagia
Food impaction,
Kids similar to gerd but no acid -pain, vomiting, chest pain, failure to thrive
Lab eosinophilic esophagitis
Eisoniphilia igE
MULTIPLE CONCENTRIC RINGS
Need biopsy
Treat esophageal eosinophilia
Corticosteroids
*dradula dilation of strictures in patients with dysphagia but cautious bc increased risk of perforation
Esophageal webs
Mid or upper esophagus,
Asymptomatic not progressice dysphagia
Barium
Boogie dilatory to treat
PPI if have heartburn or require repeated dilation
Esophageal rings
Distal
Dysphagia intermittent not progressive
Large poorly chewed food such as beef cause symptoms
Barium
Boogie dilator
PPI if heartburn or who require repeated dilation
Zenker
Pharyngoesophageal junction between inferior pharyngeal constrictor and cricopharyngeus from loss of elasticity
Retains food
Diagnose zenker
Video esophagography
Treat zenker
Myotome , surgical diverticulotomy
Small just observe
Who do we suspect eosinophilic esophagitis in
Dysphagia and esophageal food impaction
Complication eosinophilic esophagitis
Perforation
Stricture
Food impaction
Achlasia
No relaxation of LES and no peristalsis in distal two thirds loss of NO in myenteric plexus
Pseudoachlasia
Metastatic tumors invade gastroesophageal junction resulting
Chagas
Bite of reduviid bug trypsin cruzi
Ganglion gone
Symptoms achlasia
Gradual progressice dysphagia for solids and liquids months to years
Chest pain
Maneuvers to to help esophageal empty
Weight loss
Diagnose achlasia
Barium and confirm with esophageal manometry
Achlasia don’t treat
Sigmoid esophagus hugely dilated
Diffuse esophageal spasm
Spasm with tight LES
Treat achlasia
Botox, dilation, surgery, PPI
Nutcracker esophagus
Hypertensive peristalsis swallowing contractions oo powerful
Symptoms nutcracker
Dysphagia solid and liquids not progressice
Diagnose nutcracker
Manometry
LES relax normally but elevated pressure at baseline
Diffuse esophageal spasm
Uncoordinated esophageal contraction corkscrew
Rosary bead on barium
LES normal
Symptoms diffuse esophageal spasm
Dysphagia to solid and liquids chest pain
Not progressice
Diagnose diffuse esophageal spasm
Manometry EGD bariu
Esophageal perforation
Trauma from forceful vomiting
Not boerhaave if done with endoscope
Diagnose esophageal perfoation
CT of the chest detecting mediastinal air
Treat esophageal perforation
NGT, suction, NPA, antibiotic surgery
Signs of pneumomediastinum
Subcutaneous emphysema
Ham mans sign
Dyspnea but do not measure peak expiration flow rate
What causes gastric outlet obstruction
Peptic ulcer disease
Malignancy
Gastric volvulus
Cause of small intestinal obstruction
Adhesions, hernia, volvulus, Crohn’s disease, carcinoma
Gastroparesis
Diabetics, post viral, post vagotomy
Small intestine dysmotility cause
Scleroderma amyloidosis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
What causes peritonitis
Perforated viscous appendicitis
What causes viral gastroenteritis
Norwalk rotavirus
What causes hemorrhagic gastritis
NSAIDS, stress ulcers, alcoholic, portal HTN, ischemia, caustic ingestion, radiation
Treat stress ulcers
Enteral nutrition H2 blockers and PPI
Treat alcoholic hemorrhagic gastritis
Propranolol or nadolol
Manifestation hemorrhagi gastritis
Upper GI bleeding, hematemesis, coffee ground emesis, or bloody aspirate in nasogastric suction , melena
Diagnosis hemorrhagic gastriris
UE
No inflammation on histologic
Treat hemorrhagic gastritis
Remove agent and prevent ulcers
Chronic gastritis changes
Superficial (lamina propria)-> atrophic->atrophy
Type A gastritis
Fundic, body predominant and less common form
Asymptomatic
Old ppl
Autoimmune -achlorhydria, pernicious anemia, gastric cancer risk
Antibodies to parietal cell
Pernicious anemia
Pernicious anemia gastritis
Achlorhydria->hypergastrinemia due to loss of acid inhibition of G cells->hypergastrinemia hyperplasia of gastric Enterochromaffin like cells-> small multicentric carcinoid tumors
Decreased B12
Autoimmune destruction of the gastric fundic mucosa loss of rural folds
Anti IF and ATPase in them
Type B gastric helicobacter pylori
Antral predominant from H pylori
Type A was autoimmune
Signs of type B gastritis
Asymptomatic maybe dyspepsia
Atrophic gastrin, increased risk of gastric cancer
Menetrier disease
Giant thickened gastric folds involving body
Chronic protein loss
Hypoproteinemia, anascara, may need gastric resection
PUD signs
Coffee grounds emesis, hematemesis, melena, hematochezia, gnawing dull aching or hunger like gastric pain
Recovered nasogastric lovage fluid that is _ for blood does not exclude active DU bleeding
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H pylori
Spiral curved gram negative rod urease producing organism microaerophilic with flagella; colonizers gastric antral mucosa
Genes h pylori
Vac-a can-a
Caga positive h pylori
Greater risk of ulcer
Test h pylori
Urea breath test, fecal antigen test, endoscopy
Major cause of ulcers not h pylor
NSAIDS
Over 60
Corticosteroids
Ze
Smoking
Warthin silver stsain and immunohistochemistry stain
H pylori
Serology h pylori
H pylori IgA
Possible lab findings h pylori
Anemia Leukocytosis(perforation) Up amylase-ulcer penetrate pancreas Gastrin up Ze Fall hematocrit (bleeding, ) BUN up-absorption of blood nitrogen from the small intestine and prerenal azotemia
Ulcer along posterior wall of duodenum may perforate what
Pancreas, liver, biliary tree
Complications gastric surgery PUD
Obstruction, bezoar, bile reflux gastritis, malabsorption
Differentials with upper GI bleed
PUD
Erosive gastritis
Malloy weiss
Varices (portal HTN)
Ulcer incidence with COX2 inhibitors, NSAIDS, asprin
COX2 less
NSAIDS yes
Asprin if history of PUD
Cardiovascular complications COX2 inhibitors, NSAIDS< asprin
Cox2-INCREASE
NSAIDS-less
Asprin-protective
DU from h pylori
Stimulate G cells
Dyspepsia, burning, epigastric pain, 60-3 hours after meal
Relieved by for
Gastric ulcer from H pylori
Smoking higher
Normal acid
Dyspepsia, made worse with food
Within 30 min
Anorexia, weight loss
Lesser curve
Treat ulcers
PPI
Gastric-exclude malignancy
Gastric adenocarcinoma
Benzpyrene, smoked fish meats,
Signet ring cells, linitis plastica, Virchow node, krukenberg tumor
Zollinger ellison
Tumors in pancreas, duodenum, lymph nodes
MEN1
-gastrin OA, hyperPTH, increase Ca, pituitary neoplasm
Diagnose Ze
Large mucosal folds on endoscopy
Confirm serum gastrin >1000
Secretin stimulation +
Draw serum PTH, prolactin, LH-FSH, GH
Treat ZE
PPI Exploratory laparotomy MEN1 Timor respectable Treat hyperPTH first may improve Chemo
SE
PUD that isn’t responding to treat, proximal duodenum tumor, pancreas, MEN1
Fasting gastrin +
Jupertrophic gastric mucosa
Secretin +
Gastroparesis
Obstruction in absence of mechanical lesions caused by
DM
Postdurgical
Neurologic chagas
Diagnose gastroparesis
Gastric scintigraphy-with low fat meal assess gastric emptying
Treat gastroparesis
Metoclopramide -risk of tardive dyskinesia