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Gastroenterology

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What is the most life threatening gynecologic cause of acute abdomen in the female patient   Ectopic pregnancy  
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Amylase is elevated in __   Pronounced: acute pancreatitis; moderate: small bowel obstruction, salivary gland infxn/inflam, mumps, panc ca, perf'd peptic ulcer  
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ALT/AST is elevated in __   Hepatitis  
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Bilirubin/Alk Phosphatase is elevated in __   Common bile duct obstruction  
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Never place __ above an obstruction   Barium  
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Indications for barium studies   Volvulus, colon cancer, mucosal detail  
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Barium studies are not only useless for evaluation of __ they are dangerous   Perforation  
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For what disease process are the five F’s used for   Acute cholecystis  
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Five F’s of acute cholecystis   Female, Fertile, Forty, Fat, Flatulent  
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Murphy’s sign is used to help diagnose __   Acute cholecystitis  
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Periumbilical pain that migrates to RLQ, anorexia is a possible history of __   Acute appendicitis  
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Obturator sign/psoas sign is used to help diagnose __   Acute appendicitis  
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__ hours after acute appendicitis symptom onset there is a >95% perforation rate   48  
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What is the rule of 2’s for Meckel’s diverticulitis   2% of the pop, 2 feet proximal to the ileocecal valve, 2 types of mucosa, 2 years of age, 2:1 M:F ratio  
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What is the treatment for Meckel’s diverticulitis   Resection  
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Severe epigastric pain radiating to the back, often associated with ETOH, usually elevated amylase/lipase   Acute pancreatitis  
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Distended abdomen, surgical scars, high pitched bowel sounds, tympanic to percussion, nausea w/ bilious vomiting, constipation, often severely dehydrated   Small bowel obstruction  
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Non-operative treatment for small bowel obstruction   NPO, NGT (decompression), IV fluids  
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Most common causes of large bowel obstruction   Diverticulitis, cancer, volvulus  
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LLQ pain, fever   Diverticulitis  
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Sudden onset of sharp ab pain, N/V, diarrhea, GI bleeding, pain out of proportion to physical exam, may have history of angina, atherosclerosis, smoking   Mesenteric ischemia  
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Midline ab pain with tearing sensation to the back, patients often present in shock, exam reveals pulsatile mass   Ruptured AAA  
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>__ cm AAA has an increased risk of rupture 20-30% within 5 years   5  
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patients with __ pain tend to lie still   peritoneal  
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patients with __ pain tend to move about   visceral  
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__ should be considered in any patient older than 50 with ab pain out of proportion to physical findings   mesenteric ischemia  
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CT is the preferred imaging modality for what emergencies   pancreatitis, biliary obstruction, aortic aneurysm, appendicitis, and urolithiasis  
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__ in appropriate doses may decrease guarding and improve localization of abdominal pain   opiates  
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antiemetics such as __ increase patients comfort and facilitate assessment of S/S   metoclopramide  
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what is the most reliable symptom of appendicitis   abdominal pain  
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palpation of the LLQ quadrant with pain referred to the RLQ is referred to as the __ and is indicative of __   Rovsings sign, acute appendicitis  
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the diagnosis of acute appendicitis is generally __   clinical  
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the most significant predictors of acute appendicitis in the elderly are __   tenderness, rigidity, pain at diagnosis, fever, and previous abdominal surgery  
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what are the main features of intestinal obstruction   crampy, intermittent, progressive ab pain  
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what causes the pseudoobstruction that commonly occurs in the low colonic region   depression of intestinal motility from medications such as anticholinergic agents, or tricyclic antidepressents  
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in the case of pseudoobstruction what is diagnostic as well as therapeutic   colonoscopy  
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predominant means of diagnosis for hernias   physical examination  
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should you attempt hernia reduction if there is a question about the duration of the incarceration   no  
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__ hernias in children are common   umbilical  
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when should a child with an umbilical hernia be referred for surgical evaluation   children older than 4 or with hernias greater than 2cm in diameter  
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R/LLQ pain, purulent cervical dc, CMT, adnexal tenderness =   tubo-ovarian abscess  
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AAA RFs   atherosclerosis, elderly, HTN, smoking, CTD/Marfan, +FH, hyperlipidemia  
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S/S in abd trauma   seat belt sx; Chance fx; Grey Turner sx; Cullen sx  
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Chance fx   ecchymosis across lower abd 2/2 seat belt, assoc L-spine fx  
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Grey Turner sx   ecchymosis over flanks, usu dev after 12 hrs = retroperitoneal hemo  
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Cullen sx   ecchymosis over umbilicus, usu dev after 12 hrs = retroperitoneal hemo  
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mesenteric ischemia: cause   embolus to SMA 2/2 intracardiac thrombus 2/2 A-fib  
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pancreatitis s/s   fever, tachy; poss tachypnea, hypoxia, dec breath sounds if pleural effusion; hypoactive BS, guarding, TTP; abd distension if ileus; Cullen & Gray Turner sxs if hemo  
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pancreatitis tx   supportive: IVF 2/2 n/v; NPO, poss NG tube; pain ctrl  
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SBO tx   NGT for bowel decompression; surg; IVF 2/2 n/v; broad abx (flagyl, amp/ gent)  
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SBO s/s   colicky abd pain in waves, n/v, obstipation; tachy, hypotension; no peritoneal sxs; early: distended tympanitic; later: tinkling BS  
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Tx for diarrhea 2/2 Shigella, Yersinia, ETEC, V cholerae   oral quinolone  
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Infxs diarrhea: no abx for:   SA, B cereus; salmonella, EHEC  
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Ranson's criteria predict M&M for:   pancreatitis  
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