Vomiting

Question 1

What are some CNS causes of vomiting?

Answer 1

Vestibular neuronitis.
Migraine.
RICP.
Meningitis.
Motion sickness.
Labrynthitis.

Question 2

What are some infectious causes of vomiting?

Answer 2

Hepatitis.
Gastroenteritis.
UTI.

Question 3

What are some metabolic causes of vomiting?

Answer 3

DKA.
Addison’s.
Cyclical vomiting syndrome.

Question 4

What are some gastroduodenal causes of vomiting?

Answer 4

Peptic ulcer disease.
Gastric cancer.
Gastroparesis.
Pyloric stenosis.

Question 5

What are some acute abdominal causes of vomiting?

Answer 5

Appendicitis.
Cholecystitis.
Pancreatitis.
Intestinal obstruction.

Question 6

What are some other causes of vomiting?

Answer 6

Alcoholism, drugs, psychogenic, pregnancy, uraemia.

Question 7

What drugs can cause vomiting?

Answer 7

NSAIDs, opiates, digoxin, abx, cytotoxins.

Question 8

What shooed you examine for when someone presents with vomiting?

Answer 8

Dehydration, distension, tenderness, abdo mass, tinkling bowel sounds.