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What is hematachezia?
where is the bleed? |
bright red blood in stool
lower GI bleed |
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what is melana
where is the bleed |
tar-y stools
upper GI bleed |
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anorectal malformations can range from what to what
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from agensis to atresia
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what disease is due to lack of PNS ganglia (enteric- submocosal and myenteric plexus)
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hirschsprungs disease.
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What gene is associated with hirschsprungs disease?
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RET gene
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what disease is associated with failure of the enteric plexus to migrate during development.
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hirschsprungs disease
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what syndrome is hirischprungs disease assoicated with?
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trisomy 21 (as well as duodenal atresia)
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chronical contrated muscularis
why |
Hirschsprung
lack for PNS ganglia |
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where would you get areas of megacolon in people with Hirschsprung?
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upstream, due to back up of feces
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what are 2 sx of Hirschsprung
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stenosis and constipation
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how do you dx Hirschsprung
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rectal biopsy
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1. absense of PNS ganglia
2. compensatory nerve hypertrophy |
Hirschsprung
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what is the most common functional GI tract disorder
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
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what must you rule out with Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
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alarming Sx such as blood, anemia, etc.
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abnormal stool frequency and/or composition
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
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what is Diverticulosis
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outpouching of the mucousa and submicousa into the muscularis propria
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is Diverticulosis a true of false diverticula?
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psuedodiverticula
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where is Diverticulosis located?
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between tenia coli.
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where does Diverticulosis tend to occur (part of colon)
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sigmoid colon
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how does Diverticulosis tend to present?
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asy, but may see flatulence and inflam from retained fecal material.
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what is diverticulitis?
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inflam of a diverticula.
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what are 3 problem/ fears with Diverticulitis
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abssesses, perforation, fistulas.
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can sepsis results due to Diverticulitis
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yes
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abdominal pain, changes in bowel habits, positive FOB, bloody stools, fever
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Diverticulitis
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what is the tx for Diverticulitis
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ABX, supportive care, surgery
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what is Pseudomembranous Colitis
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inflammation due to overgrowth of C. difficile
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what is the organism associated with Pseudomembranous Colitis
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C. difficile
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paper like plaques that when biopsied show infiltration of PMN
disease? |
Pseudomembranous Colitis
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how do you dx Pseudomembranous Colitis
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see paper like plaques on endoscopy and C. difficile toxin in stool.
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what 2 diseases are encompassed by IBD
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CD and UC
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what gene is associated with IBD?
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NOD2
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mouth to anus with skipped lesions. presence of cobblestoning/ creeping fat
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CD
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if someone see a string sign on an barium test
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CD
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what GI disease has non-caseatiing granulomas with multinucleated giant cells and creeping fat and string sign?
what is a string sign? |
CD
narrowing of the lumen of the bowel causes the contrast dye to appear as a string |
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Does CD have transmural or partial thickness inflammation?
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transmural (full)
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