Treatments 4 Flashcards
Celiac sprue
Remove gluten from diet (wheat, barley, rye; can still eat corn, rice)
Corticosteroids for refractory disease
Tropical sprue
Folic acid replacement
Tetracycline or sulfa drugs 3-6 months
Gluten removal from diet has no effect
Lactose intolerance
Remove lactose from diet
Adequate diet Ca, protein, fat, vitamins
May use lactase replacement
Whipple disease
TMP-SMX or ceftriaxone for 12 months
Crohn’s
Azathioprine or Mercaptopurine
Anti-TNFa (infliximab, adalimumab)
Steroids and abx for acute exacerbation
Try to avoid surgical resection
UC
Total colectomy is curative
Sulfasalazine (large bowel), 5-ASA/mesalamine (SB)
Supplemental iron
Steroids (acute exacerbations)
IBS
Diarrhea predominant - TCAs/SSRIs, Lotronex (woman), Loperamide PRN
Constipation pred - Fiber building agents, hydration
Reassurance, possible psychosocial therapy
SBO
NPO, hydration
NG decompression
Surgery if refractory, complete obstruction, strangulation
Large bowel obstruction
NPO, hydration
Colonoscopy
Surgery if refractory
Ischemic colitis
IVF, bowel rest
Antibiotics for GI bacteria
Surgical resection of necrotic bowel
Appendicitis
Appendectomy if symptom onset w/i 24-72 hrs
If >5 days: Abx, IVF, bowel rest + interval appendectomy 8 weeks later
Abscess formation w/ appendicitis
Percutaneous drainage
Ileus
Treat underlying cause
NPO
Colonoscopic decompression if no resolution
Volvulus
Self-limited sometimes
Colonoscopic decompression of sigmoid
Surgical repair or resection if cecal volvulus, failed colonoscopic decompression
Diverticulosis
High-fiber diet
Diverticulitis, mild/early
Bowel rest (liquids only) x 3 days Abx (gram neg + anaerobics): fluoro (cipro) + metronidazole OR TMP-SMX + metro OR amoxicillin-clavulanate
Diverticulitis, surgical indications
Any sign of perforation
(including free air under diaphragm on x-ray)
Severe cases
Peritonitis
Hemorrhoids
Warm (sitz) baths
Increase fiber, avoid prolonged straining
Sclerotherapy, ligation, excision if worsening
Anal fissures
Stool softeners + hydration (first line) Topical nitroglycerine (first line) Topical diltiazem, nifedipine, bethanechol (2nd line) Botox injection (2nd/3rd line) Partial sphincterotomy (recurrent)
Anorectal abscesses
Antibiotics
Surgical I&D
Rectal fistula (fistula in ano)
Fistulotomy
Pilonidal disease
Surgical I&D w/ packing
Surgical closure of sinus tracts may prevent recurrence
Carcinoid tumor
Octreotide, IFN-alpha (if refractory) for symptoms
Cyproheptadine, codine, cholestyramine (diarrhea)
Albuterol, theophylline (bronchospasm)
Surgical resection
Vavulvar surgery if needed
Upper GI bleed, stable
PPI IV (in case PUD) Octreotide/somatostatin (splanchnic VC)
FAP
Prophylactic subtotal colectomy <25 yo
Pancreatic pseudocyst
Possibly self-resolving
Treat (drain) if lasting >6 wks, painful, rapidly growing
Exocrine pancreatic cancer
Whipple procedure for non-metastatic cancer limited to head of pancreas
Lesions in body or tail rarely resectable if found early
Adjuvent chemo for resectable cancer
Enzyme replacement therapy
Stenting of ducts, duodenum = palliative
Insulinoma
Octreotide or diazoxide
Surgical resection if you can
Glucagonoma
Octreotide, IFN-a, chemo
Surgical resection if you can
Embolization in metastatic
VIPoma
IVF + electrolyte replacement
Octreotide, corticosteroids, chemo
Surgical resection if you can
Embolization in metastatic
Cholelithiasis
Cholecystectomy for symptomatic patients
Dietary modification, bile salts, shock wave lithotripsy
Cholecystitis
Cholecystectomy (frequently delayed 24-48 hrs for hydration, abx)
Cholangitis
Hydration, IV abx
ERCP/stent to drain bile ducts
Cholecystectomy (delayed)
Gallbladder cancer
Cholecystectomy + LN dissection + partial removal of adjacent hepatic tissue
Adjuvant radiation and chemo
PBC
Ursodeoxycholic acid slows damage, increases survival
Liver transplant may be needed
Treat symptoms as needed
PSC
Ursodeoxycholic acid, MTX, stseroids
Endoscopic stenting, surgical resection
Liver transplant
Gilbert disease
None
Crigler-Najjar syndrome Type I
Phototherapy, plasmapheresis
Liver transplantation
Crigler-Najjar syndrome Type II
Phenobarbital (induces hepatic synthesis of UDP-GT)
Liver transplant alcohol requirement
None for at least 6 months
Varices (hepatic failure)
Prevent w/ BB (propranolol, nadolol)
Rx w/ vasopressin or sclerotherapy
Hepatic encephalopathy
Lactulose
Maybe rifaximin
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Thrombolytics Diuretics AC Angioplasty Shunting