surgical syndromes

Question 1

obstruction of the afferent lop of a billroth II gastrojejunostomy

Answer 1

afferent loop syndrome

Question 2

what does ARDS stand for

Answer 2

acute resp distress syndrome

poor oxygenation caused by alveolar and capillary inflammation

Question 3

bacterial overgrowth of intestine caused by stasis

Answer 3

blind loop syndrome

Slowly moving food and waste products become a breeding ground for bacteria. The result — bacterial overgrowth — often causes diarrhea and may cause weight loss and malnutrition. it is often called stasis syndrome

Blind loop syndrome is a complication of surgical operations of the abdomen, as well as inflammatory bowel disease or scleroderma. Another cause is jejunoileal diverticula.

Question 4

esophageal perforation/ spontaneous rupture of the esophagus that typically occurs after forceful emesis

Answer 4

boerhaave’s syndrome or mallory weiss syndrome

Question 5

how do we tell the difference between boerhaave’s syndrome and mallory Weiss syndrome?

Answer 5

boerhaave syndrome= full thickness AKA transmural tear in the thoracic esophagus, can have chest pain and shock, can hear Hamman crunch sign

mallory weiss syndrome= also a tear, but not all the way through (not transmural). tear on the gastric side of the gastroesophageal jxn) can cause hematemesis