Uworld GI Flashcards
liver cyst with egg-shell calcifications? Cause?
Hydatid cyst. Ecchinococcus. From dogs.
Class of drugs for nausea?
5HT antagonists
Treatment of a patient with Hepatic encephalopathy?
- Treat precipitant
- Lactulose (decreases ammonia levels)
- Antibiotics (neomycin and rufaximin) to decrease ammonia-producing bacteria in colon
Aspiration of amoebic liver abscess would show? Dx by? Treatment?
Sterile abscess – diagnose by stool examination for trophozoites. Metronidazole
All patients with cirrhosis should be screened for? Prophylaxis?
Esophageal varices by endoscopy. Beta blockers
When to drain pancreatic pseudocyst?
Size >5 cm, lasts longer than six weeks, secondarily infected
Single most important test to assess liver function?
PT (acute rise can suggest Fulminant liver failure)
Extrahepatic findings with drug-induced liver injury? Exception?
Rash, arthralgias, fever, leukocytosis, eosinophilia
Exception: isoniazid (hepatitis without extrahepatic manifestations)
Types of drug-induced liver disease?
- Cholestasis (chlorpromazine, nitrofurantoin, erythromycin, anabolic steroids)
- Fatty liver (tetracycline, valproate, antiretrovirals)
- Hepatitis (halothane, phenytoin, Isoniazid, Alpha-methyldopa)
- Fulminant liver failure (acetaminophen, Carbon tetrachloride)
- Granuloma (allopurinol, phenylbutazone)
Effects of oral contraceptives on liver?
Abnormal liver function tests without evidence of necrosis or fatty change
Fulminant liver failure definition? Caused by?
Hepatic encephalopathy (confusion) that develops within 8 weeks of acute liver failure
Acetaminophen, alcohol, amphetamines, hepatitis B/D
Symptoms of Wilson’s disease?
Liver: hepatomegaly, elevated liver enzymes
Neuro: resting tremor, muscular rigidity, drooling?
Criteria for Toxic megacolon?
Radiologic findings
with 3 of: fever, HR>120, leukocytosis>10,500, anemia
with 1 of: altered MS, hypoNa, hypotension, electrolyte disturbances
Melanosis coli?
Dark discoloration of the colon with patches of lymph follicles. Due to diuretic abuse
Tests for dysphagia (in order?)
- Barium Esophagram
- Endoscopy
- Motility Studies
Drugs that cause Pancreatitis if pt has: volume overload? IBD? Immunosupressants? Seziures? Infection?
furosemide, thiazides Sulfasalazine, 5-ASA azothioprine, L-asparaginase Valproic acid Metronidazole, tetracycline
Deficiency of Zinc causes?
alopecia, abnormal taste, blisters
Constant burning pain with intense pain with light touch to the abdomen with other signs?
HZV
Drugs that cause esophagitis?
KCl, Fe, Quinine
tetracyclines
NSAIDs
Bisphosphonates
Types of polyps and risk of cancer?
- hyperplastic - no risk
- hamartomatous - small risk
- adenoma - largest risk (esp is villous)
Scleroderma - effect of ESO?
incompetency of LES over time
How to diagnose chronic pancreatitis?
CT scan shows calcifications of the pancreas
lipase and amylase NOT diagnostic
Pt with UC: regular surveillance only really beneficial if looking for? Other complications?
ColonCA
(doesn’t help for other complications: toxic megacolon, sclerosing colangitis, uveitis, erythema nodosum, spondyloarthropathy)
Best test for C diff?
Stool cytotoxin assays, NOT stool cultures
Ischemic colitis - symptoms? affects what areas of the colon?
acute abdominal pain followed by diarrhea
Watershed areas: splenic flexure and recto-sigmoid junction
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome causes fat malabsorption because?
increased acid neutralizes lipase
pt with chronic abdominal pain, weight loss, and food avoidance with no specific findings on PE - think? Test by?
Mesenteric ischemia. Dopplers
Test for lactose intolerance?
- positive H-breath test
- increased stool osmotic gap
- Reducing substances in stool