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33 Cards in this Set
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diarrhea is >___g of stool per day, or at least ___ watery stools per day
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200
3 |
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acute diarrhea is <=___ days, persistent is >___ days, chronic >___ days
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14
14 30 |
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small bowel diarrhea is high/low volume, blood/inflammatory cells are present/absent, and fever is present/absent
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high
absent absent |
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large bowel diarrhea is high/low volume, blood/inflammatory cells are present/absent, fever is present/absent
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low
present present |
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top 3 bacteria for small bowel diarrhea
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salmonella
E. coli Clostridium perfringens |
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top 4 bacteria for large bowel diarrhea
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Campylobacter jejuni
Shigella C. difficile Yersinia |
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2 viruses for small bowel diarrhea
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Rotovirus
Norovirus |
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3 viruses for large bowel diarrhea
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CMV
adenovirus HSV |
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E. histolytica invades small/large bowel
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large
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T/F: in diarrhea you can usually culture the causative organism
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false
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top 4 diarrhea bacteria IDOOF
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C. jejuni
Salmonella Shigella EHEC (O157:H7) |
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___ is most common cause of bloody diarrhea generally, but in emergency departments it was found to be ___
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EHEC
Shigella |
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fever suggests ___ (3)
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infection by invasive bacteria
virus cytotoxic organism |
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3 invasive bacteria
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campylobacter
salmonella shigella |
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2 cytotoxic organisms
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C. difficile
E. histolytica |
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if symptoms begin within ___ hours, it suggests ___.
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6
preformed toxin |
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preformed toxins are made by ___ (2)
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Staph aureus
Bacillus cereus |
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symptoms occurring between ___ and ___ hours suggest ___.
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8
16 C. perfringens |
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symptoms occurring after ___ hours suggest ___ (2), especially ___.
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16
virus bacterial infection E. coli |
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2 most common kinds of salmonella in diarrhea
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S. enteritidis
S. typhimurium |
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salmonella comes from ___ (2)
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food
pets |
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salmonellosis is associated with ___ (3) and is most common in ___ (2 seasons)
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antibiotics
IBD lymphoproliferative disease summer fall |
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campylobacter comes from ___
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poultry
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in US shigella is spread by ___, in developing countries by ___
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person-person contact
contaminated food and water |
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2 syndromes which may accompany EHEC or Shigella infection
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HUS
ITP |
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cholera affects small/large bowel
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small
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ETEC is more common in developed/developing countries.
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developing
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___ is the most important cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and children
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rotavirus
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oral rehydration solutions should contain ___ (3)
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water
salt sugar |
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glucose is required in oral rehydration solution because
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sodium is cotransported with glucose by brush-border enzyme (SGLT1)
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empiric therapy for diarrhea is ___ or ___
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fluoroquinolone
erythromycin |
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empiric antibiotics should not be given for ___ (2)
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CDAD
EHEC |
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dietary recommendations
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boiled starches
cereals |
