Surgery Flashcards
Most common place to find inflammation of the GI tract with Crohn’s disease?
Terminal ileum
Name 4 things you will see on lab work after vomiting
Hypokalemia, hypochloremia, metabolic alkalosis, aciduria
Four Fs of cholecystitis
Female, Fat, Forty, Fertile
Inspiratory arrest when palpating the RUQ is what famous sign
Murphy’s sign = cholecystitis
Name two places of referred pain for acute cholecystitis
Right back/flank and right shoulder
Main difference btw acute and chronic pancreatitis
No elevated lipase/amylase in chronic and will show calcifications on pancreas
What antibiotic can cause biliary sludge?
Ceftriaxone
Where are anal fissures most commonly found?
Posterior midline
Pt presents with tearing rectal pain with bowel movements that last for hours after. Blood on tissue after BM. What is the dx and tx
Anal fissure. Conservative tx = sitz baths, high fiber diet, stool softeners. Next: nifediine ointment, nitro ointment, topical diltiazem, botox. Last resort: lateral internal sphincterotomy
Sentinel pile refers to
Skin tag associated with anal fissure
Abd pain, bilious vomiting, hyperactive (high pitch) bowel sounds, dilated loops of bowel on radiograph all point to what dx
Small bowel obstruction
Treatment for small bowel obstruction
NPO, place NG tube, IV fluids
If strangulated or peritoneal signs = emergency surgery
First 2 weeks post op, pt presents with abd pain, vomiting, current jelly (bloody mucous) stools, and a sausage like mass on exam. What is most likely the dx?
Intussusception
What should you order for a pt with intussusception?
Labs, ultrasound: US will show target sign, place NG tube, and give IVF.
Pt presents with obstipation, abdominal pain, vomiting 3 days post-op. Radiographs show dilated loops of bowel. What is dx and tx
Paralytic ileus
NPO, NG tube, IVF, stop opiates
Pt feels full after eating small amounts of food with stomach pain and nausea. What is dx and tx
Gastroparesis. Treat with high fiber diet and Regalen/Metaclopramide (D2 antagonist)
Pt presents with diarrhea after major surgery and abscess. MCC and diagnosis?
C-diff from broad spectrum abx such as penecillins, cephalosporins, or FQs
Dx and Treatment for C-diff
Stool culture. Treat with flagyl or PO Vanc (remember this is the only use for oral vanc)
MCC of large bowel obstruction in older adults
Carcinoma of the colon or diverticulitis
MCC of SBO in adults
Adhesions from surgery
4 cardinal signs for bowel strangulation
fever, leukocytosis, tachycardia, localized abd tenderness
If hemorrhoids are painful, are they internal or external?
External
If a patient has internal hemorrhoids, but notices pain when a “lump” protrudes out of her anus, what is causing the pain?
Prolapse
Bright red painless bleeding per rectum in a young person is most commonly
Internal hemorrhoids
Name the grades of internal hemorrhoids
I: no prolapse
II: prolapses with defecation but reduces spontaneously
III: prolapses with BMs but must be manually reduced
IV: Irreducible and could be strangulated
Hemorrhoidectomy is reserved fro what grade of hemorrhoids
Stage IV
Treatment for mild to moderate IBD?
Sulfasalazine or 5-ASA
String sign of the terminal ileum on radiographs or cobblestoning and skin lesions on endoscopy should make you think of
Crohn’s disease
The lead pipe or tubular appearance on radiographs
Ulcerative colitis
Bloody diarrhea and continuous inflammation should make you think of what IBD?
UC
A pt with IBD that is taking sulfasalazine should be on what supplement?
Folate
What part of the colon is diverticulosis MC?
Sigmoid
Treatment for uncomplicated diverticulitis?
Cipro/Levo + Metronidazole
What type of imaging is CI in acute diverticulitis
Barium enema and colonoscopy
Two MC organisms involved in diverticulitis
E. Coli and B. Fragilis
Toxic megacolon is usually caused by
UC or C. Diff
Pt with UC presents with fever, tachycardia, abd pain, abd distention, and bloody diarrhea. Colon is dilated >6 cm. Dx is most likely
toxic megacolon
MCC for esophageal stricture
GERD
Shatzki ring is usually present with
hiatal hernia
shatzki ring can cause dysphagia with solids
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome is
Triad: dysphagia + esophageal webs + iron deficiency anemia
Elderly man with dysphagia, weight loss, and sig hx of smoking and alcohol use. What imaging modality should you use
Esophagoscopy
GERD is associated with what type of esophageal cancer
Adenocarcinoma
Smoking and drinking is associated with what esophageal cancer
SCC
Abd pain that improved with meals is most likely a
Duodenal ulcer
What is triple and quadruple therapy for H. Pylori?
Tetracycline + Metronidazole + PPI ( + Bismuth for quad)