Section 9 Flashcards
most important measure of immune competency in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
CD4 count
Most common cause of acute nausea and vomiting
viral gastroenteritis
Most common cause of antibiotic-associated or nosocomial diarrhea
C. difficile infection
most common extraintestinal complications ulcerative colitis
Peripheral and axial arthritis and skin lesions including erythema nodosum and pyoderma gangrenosum
most common complication of ulcerative colitis
Blood loss from sustained hemorrhage
most reliable way to diagnose upper GI bleeding in the ED.
Visual inspection of the vomitus
most common source for all causes of blood detected in the lower GI system
Upper GI bleeds
most common cause of an established lower GI Bleeding
diverticular disease (left colon)
most common source of anorectal bleeding
Hemorrhoids
most common of infectious esophagitis
Candidal species
most frequent cause of esophageal perforation
Iatrogenic perforation
most commonly identified in food impaction
meat
most common cause of chronic pancreatitis
alcohol-induced
most common complication of gallstone disease
Biliary colic
most common cause of acute hepatitis
viral infection and toxic ingestion
