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RARE MULTISYSTEMIC ILLNESS CAUSED BY INFECTION WITH THE BACILLUS TROPHERYMA WHIPPELLI
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WHIPPLE'S DISEASE
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WHIPPLE'S DISEASE
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ILLNESS CAUSED BY THE INFECTION WITH THE BACILLUS TROPHERYMA WHIPELLI
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SIGNS OF WHIPPLE'S
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WEIGHT LOSS IN NEARLY ALL PATIENTS, ARTHRALGIAS, LOW GRADE FEVER, LYMPHADENOPATHY, MYOCARDIAL AND VALVULAR INVOLVEMENT--OCULAR SYPTOMS B/C OF VIT A DEF
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WHIPPLE'S MOST COMMON IN WHAT POPULATION
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WHITE MEN IN 4TH TO 6TH DECADE
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HOW DO YOU DIAGNOSE WHIPPLE'S?
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HISTOLOGIC EVALUATION OF THE INVOLVED TISSUES; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY OF THE DUODENUM
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CONSIDER WHIPPLE'S IN PATIENT'S WITH WHAT?
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MALABSORPTION
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IF WHIPPLE'S IS LEFT UNTREATED (NORMALLY TREATED WITH ABX 2X PER DAY FOR ONE YEAR), WHAT IS THE RESULT?
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IF UNTREATED, DISEASE IS FATAL; MAY HAVE PERMANENT NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE
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WHAT DOES BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH CAUSE IN THE SMALL INTESTINE?
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DIRECT DAMAGE TO THE BOWEL MUCOSA CAUSING MALABSORPTION
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HOW DOES BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH CAUSE MALABSORPTION?
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BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE BOWEL MUCOSA WHICH RESULTS IN AN INABILITY TO ABSORB
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CONSIDER BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH IN ANYONE WITH WHAT SYMPTOMS?
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DIARRHEA, STEATORRHEA, WEIGHT LOSS, OR MACROCYTIC ANEMIA
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LABS AND STUDIES FOR BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH
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STOOL COLLECTION; SMALL BOWEL BARIUM RADIOGRAPHY OR CT ENTEROGRAPHY TO LOOK FOR MECHANICAL ISSUES; BREATH TEST; CULTURE OF JEJUNAL SECRETIONS (NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE)
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TREATMENT FOR BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH
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CIPRO, AUGMETIN, SEPTRA AND FLAGIL COMBINATION; TREAT DEFECT, NOT JUST THE SYMPTOMS
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THIS IS A MALABSORPTION CONDITION SECONDARY TO A REMOVAL OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF S.I.
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SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME
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SIGNS OF SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME
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WEIGHT LOSS AND DIARRHEA
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IN A RESECTION OF THE DUODENUM RESULTING IN MALABSORPTION, WHAT NUTRIENTS WOULD YOU TEST FOR TO DIAGNOSE?
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FOLATE, CA, MAG, AND IRON
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RESECTION OF THE TERMINAL ILEUM MAY CAUSE MALABSORPTION OF WHAT?
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BILE SALTS AND B12; TREAT WITH MONTHLY B12
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RESECTION OF GREATER LENGTHS OF THE SMALL BOWEL SHOULD BE TREATED WITH WHAT SUPPLEMENTS?
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VITAMIN SUPPLEMENT, LOW FAT DIET, CALCIUM
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MOST COMMON CAUSES OF SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME
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CROHN'S DISEASE, MESENTERIC INFARCTION, TUMOR RESECTION, TRAUMA, RADIATION ENTERITIS
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PREVALENCE OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
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GREATER IN NATIVE AMERICANS, ASIAN AMERICANS
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MALABSORBED LACTOSE IS FERMENTED BY THE INTESTINAL BACTERIA. WHAT DOES THIS CAUSE?
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GAS AND ORGANIC ACIDS; INCREASED STOOL OSMOTIC LOAD AND RESULTANT FLUID LOSS
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SYMPTOMS OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
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GREAT VARIANCE BETWEEN PATIENTS; MOST CAN DRINK 1-2 GLASSES OF MILK W/O ISSUE; BLOATING, ABDOMINAL CRAMPS, FLATULENCE
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MOST WIDELY AVAILABLE TEST FOR DIAGNOSIS OF LACTOSE DEFICIENCY
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HYDROGEN BREATH TEST
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WHAT IS A POSITIVE HYDROGEN BREATH TEST?
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AFTER INGESTION OF 50 G OF LACTOSE, A RISE IN BREATH HYDROGEN OF GREATER THAN 20 PPM WITHIN 90 MINUTES IS A POSITIVE TEST
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INITIAL TX OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
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LACTOSE FREE DIET---SEE IF SYMPTOMS RESOLVE
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WHAT IS LACTASE?
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A BRUSH BORDER ENZYME THAT HYDROLYZES LACTOSE INTO GLUCOSE AND GALACTOSE
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ETIOLOGY FOR ACUTE PARALYTIC ILEUS
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IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS AFTER SURGERY; SEVERE MEDICAL ILLNESS SUCH AS PNEUMONIA, INTUBATION SEPSIS, SEVERE INFECTIONS; MEDS THAT AFFECT INTESTINAL MOTILITY
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THIS IS NEUROGENIC FAILURE OR LOSS OF PERISTALSIS IN THE INTESTINE WITHOUT MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTION
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ACUTE PARALYTIC ILEUS
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LAB FINDINGS FOR ACUTE PARALYTIC ILEUS
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ABNORMALITIES ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO AN UNDERLYING CONDITION; DO TONS OF LABS AND TREAT WHATEVER IS FOUND; CAN DO XRAYS AND CT IF NEEDED
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SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF ACUTE PARALYTIC ILEUS
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MILD DIFFUSE CONTINUOUS ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING, ABDOMINAL DISTENTION, DIMINISHED OR NO BOWEL SOUNDS
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ON A PLAIN RADIOGRAPH, WHAT WILL YOU SEE IN ACUTE PARALYTIC ILEUS?
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X RAY WILL LOOK PRETTY NORMAL; WILL BE HARD TO TELL IF IT IS ACUTE PARALYTIC ILEUS OR A PARTIAL SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
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TREATMENT OF ACUTE PARALYTIC ILEUS
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TREAT THE PRIMARY MEDICAL OR SURGICAL CAUSE; RESTRICT ORAL INTAKE UNTIL BOWEL RETURNS TO NORMAL
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RARE DISORDER THAT INVOLVES MASSIVE DILATION OF THE CECUM OR RIGHT COLON THAT OCCURS IN POST SURGICAL OR IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE MEDICAL ILLNESS
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ACUTE COLONIC PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION (OGILVE'S SYNDROME)
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC INTESTINAL PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION AND GASTROPARESIS
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V/D, ABDOMINAL DISTENTION, ABDOMINAL PAIN IS UNCOMMON; DILATION OF AFFECTED GI TRACT, RULE OUT OBSTRUCTION W/ ENDOSCOPY
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WHAT WILL RADIOGRAPH IN CHRONIC INTESTINAL PSEUDO-OBSTRUCTION AND GASTROPARESIS?
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DILATION OF THE AFFECTED GI TRACT; R/O OBSTRUCTION WITH BARIUM OR ENDOSCOPY
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CAUSES OF CHRONIC INTESTINAL PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION AND GASTROPARESIS
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ENDOCRINE (DM, HYPOTHYROID), POST SURGICAL, NEUROLOGIC (MS, MD, PARKINSON'S), RHEUMATOLOGIC, INFECTIOUS (CHAGA'S), ANOREXIA, PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES
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TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC INTESTINAL PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION AND GASTROPARESIS
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SMALL FREQUENT MEALS; METOCLOPRAMIDE (REGLAN)- INCREASES MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS IN THE UPPER GI TRACT
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SMALL INTESTINAL LYMPHOMAS ARE MOST COMMON WHERE?
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IN THE DISTAL SMALL INTESTINE
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MOST COMMON TYPE OF SMALL INTESTINAL LYMPHOMA
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NON-HODGKIN'S B CELL LYMPHOMAS
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SMALL INTESTINAL LYMPHOMA
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ABDOMINAL PAIN, WEIGHT LOSS, N AND V, DISTENTION, ANEMIA, OCCULT BLOOD IN STOOL, FEVERS ARE UNUSUAL
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DIAGNOSIS OF SMALL INTESTINAL LYMPHOMA
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BARIUM RADIOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY
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TREATMENT OF SMALL INTESTINAL LYMPHOMA
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DEPENDS ON STAGE, SURGICAL RESECTION WHEN POSSIBLE, SURGICAL DEBULKING IN ADVANCED CASES (SURGICAL REMOVAL OF PART OF THE TUMOR THAT CANNOT BE REMOVED TO ALLOW RADIATION TO POSSIBLY BE MORE EFFECTIVE); CHEMO W/ OR W/O RADIATION
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MOST COMMON NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR
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CARCINOID TUMOR---MOST OFTEN OCCUR IN THE SMALL INTESTINE
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WHAT IS THE BEST INDICATOR OF PROGNOSIS FOR CARCINOID TUMORS?
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INVASIVE GROWTH OR DISTANT METASTASIS
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TREATMENT OF CARCINOID TUMORS?
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LOCAL EXCISION IF CONFINED TO THE SMALL INTESTINE (85% CURE RATE--MOST ARE LESS THAN 2 CM IN SIZE); PALLIATIVE TX FOR LATE DISEASE
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WHAT ARE SARCOMAS?
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MALIGNANT STROMAL TUMORS THAT MAY BECOME OBSTRUCTIVE IN THE SMALL INTESTINE, CAUSE INTUSSUSCEPTION (INVAGINATION OF PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE INTO ANOTHER PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE); OR BLEEDING IN WHICH SURGICAL EXCISION IS THE TREATMENT
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MOST COMMON ABDOMINAL SURGICAL EMERGENCY
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APPENDICITIS
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WHAT CAUSES OBSTRUCTION OF THE APPENDIX?
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FECALITH, INFLAMMATION, FOREIGN BODY, NEOPLASM
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IF APPENDICITIS IS UNTREATED WITHIN 36 HOURS, WHAT IS THE RESULT?
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GANGRENE AND PERFORATION DEVELOP
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SYMPTOMS OF APPENDICITIS
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N AND V, VAGUE PERIUMBILICAL PAIN, LOCALIZED RLQ PAIN, FEELING OF CONSTIPATION, LOW GRADE FEVER, REBOUND TENDERNESS, PSOAS SIGN, OBTURATOR SIGN
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LABS TO DO WITH APPENDICITIS
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CBC- LEUKOCYTOSIS; URINALYSIS- HEMATURIA OR PYURIA IN 25%; CT PREFERRED
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TREATMENT FOR APPENDICITIS
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APPENDECTOMY; IV ANTIBIOTICS
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TREATMENT OF CARCINOID TUMORS?
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LOCAL EXCISION IF CONFINED TO THE SMALL INTESTINE (85% CURE RATE--MOST ARE LESS THAN 2 CM IN SIZE); PALLIATIVE TX FOR LATE DISEASE
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WHAT ARE SARCOMAS?
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MALIGNANT STROMAL TUMORS THAT MAY BECOME OBSTRUCTIVE IN THE SMALL INTESTINE, CASUE INTUSSUSCEPTION (INVAGINATION OF PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE INTO ANOTHER PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE); OR BLEEDING IN WHICH SURGICAL EXCISION IS THE TREATMENT
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MOST COMMON ABDOMINAL SURGICAL EMERGENCY
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APPENDICITIS
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WHAT CAUSES OBSTRUCTION OF THE APPENDIX?
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FECALITH, INFLAMMATION, FOREIGN BODY, NEOPLASM
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IF APPENDICITIS IS UNTREATED WITHIN 36 HOURS, WHAT IS THE RESULT?
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GANGRENE AND PERFORATION DEVELOP
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SYMPTOMS OF APPENDICITIS
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N AND V, VAGUE PERIUMBILICAL PAIN, LOCALIZED RLQ PAIN, FEELING OF CONSTIPATION, LOW GRADE FEVER, REBOUND TENDERNESS, PSOAS SIGN, OBTURATOR SIGN
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LABS TO DO WITH APPENDICITIS
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CBC- LEUKOCYTOSIS; URINALYSIS- HEMATURIA OR PYURIA IN 25%; CT PREFERRED
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TREATMENT FOR APPENDICITIS
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APPENDECTOMY; IV ANTIBIOTICS
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WHEN WOULD YOU USE A NG TUBE WITH A GASTRIC BLEED?
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SHOULD BE PLACED IN ALL PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED ACTIVE UPPER GI SOURCES OF BLEEDING (RED BLOOD/COFFEE GROUNDS- UPPER GI BLEED)
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WHEN DO YOU NOT USE AN NG TUBE IN THE PRESENCE OF UPPER A GASTRIC BLEED?
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WHEN THERE IS ESOPHAGEAL INJURY THAT IS SUICIDAL/ACCIDENTAL, SEVERE BURNING, CHEST PAIN, GAGGING, DYSPHAGIA, DROOLING WITH WHEEZING OR STRIDOR OR W/ ASPIRATION
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TREATMENT FOR IBS
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REASSURE, EDUCATION, DIET THERAPY- STAY AWAY FROM INTOLERANCES, INCREASE FIBER, DECREASE LACTOSE; MEDS ARE RESERVED FOR PATIENTS WITH SEVERE TREATMENT THAT DO NOT RESPOND TO CONSERVATIVE MEASURES
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ANTISPASMODIC MED USED FOR IBS
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BENTYL
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ANTICHOLINERGIC USED FOR POSTPRANDIAL ABDOMINAL PAIN GIVEN BEFORE MEALS IN IBS PATIENTS
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LOPERAMIDE AND LOMOTIL
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WHAT ARE PSYCHOTROPIC MEDS USED FOR IBS?
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TRICYCLICS FOR DIARRHEA DOMINANT PATIENTS; SSRI'S
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HOW MUCH FLUID WILL BE PRESENT IN ASCITES BEFORE YOU CAN SEE IT?
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1500 ML
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PATHOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY
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ASCITES
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CAUSES WITH A NORMAL PERITONEUM OF ASCITES
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PORTAL HYPERTENSION IN GREATER THAN 80%--HEPATIC CONGESTION, LIVER DISEASE, PORTAL VEIN OCCLUSION
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CAUSES OF ASCITES WHEN THE PERITONEUM IS DISEASED
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INFECTIOUS, MALIGNANCY, INFLAMMATORY DISORDER
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WHEN WOULD YOU USE A NG TUBE WITH A GASTRIC BLEED?
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SHOULD BE PLACED IN ALL PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED ACTIVE UPPER GI SOURCES OF BLEEDING (RED BLOOD/COFFEE GROUNDS- UPPER GI BLEED)
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WHEN DO YOU NOT USE AN NG TUBE IN THE PRESENCE OF UPPER A GASTRIC BLEED?
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WHEN THERE IS ESOPHAGEAL INJURY THAT IS SUICIDAL/ACCIDENTAL, SEVERE BURNING, CHEST PAIN, GAGGING, DYSPHAGIA W/ DROOLING WITH WHEEZING OR STRIDOR OR W/ ASPIRATION
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TREATMENT FOR IBS
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REASSURE, EDUCATION, DIET THERAPY- STAY AWAY FROM INTOLERANCES, INCREASE FIBER, DECREASE LACTOSE; MEDS ARE RESERVED FOR PATIENTS WITH SEVERE TREATMENT THAT DO NOT RESPOND TO CONSERVATIVE MEASURES
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ANTISPASMODIC MED USED FOR IBS
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BENTYL
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ANTICHOLINERGIC USED FOR POSTPRANDIAL ABDOMINAL PAIN GIVEN BEFORE MEALS IN IBS PATIENTS
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LOPERAMIDE AND LOMOTIL
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WHAT ARE PSYCHOTROPIC MEDS USED FOR IBS?
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TRICYCLICS FOR DIARRHEA DOMINANT PATIENTS; SSRI'S
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HOW MUCH FLUID WILL BE PRESENT IN ASCITES BEFORE YOU CAN SEE IT?
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1500 ML
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PATHOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY
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ASCITES
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CASUES WITH A NORMAL PERITONEUM OF ASCITES
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PORTAL HYPERTENSION IN GREATER THAN 80%--HEPATIC CONGESTION, LIVER DISEASE, PORTAL VEIN OCCLUSION
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CAUSES OF ASCITES WHEN THE PERITONEUM IS DISEASED
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INFECTIOUS, MALIGNANCY, INFLAMMATORY DISORDER
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TREATMENT OF CARCINOID TUMORS?
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LOCAL EXCISION IF CONFINED TO THE SMALL INTESTINE (85% CURE RATE--MOST ARE LESS THAN 2 CM IN SIZE); PALLIATIVE TX FOR LATE DISEASE
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WHAT ARE SARCOMAS?
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MALIGNANT STROMAL TUMORS THAT MAY BECOME OBSTRUCTIVE IN THE SMALL INTESTINE, CAUSE INTUSSUSCEPTION (INVAGINATION OF PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE INTO ANOTHER PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE); OR BLEEDING IN WHICH SURGICAL EXCISION IS THE TREATMENT
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MOST COMMON ABDOMINAL SURGICAL EMERGENCY
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APPENDICITIS
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WHAT CAUSES OBSTRUCTION OF THE APPENDIX?
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FECALITH (FECAL STONE), INFLAMMATION, FOREIGN BODY, NEOPLASM
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IF APPENDICITIS IS UNTREATED WITHIN 36 HOURS, WHAT IS THE RESULT?
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GANGRENE AND PERFORATION DEVELOP
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SYMPTOMS OF APPENDICITIS
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N AND V, VAGUE PERIUMBILICAL PAIN, LOCALIZED RLQ PAIN, FEELING OF CONSTIPATION, LOW GRADE FEVER, REBOUND TENDERNESS, PSOAS SIGN, OBTURATOR SIGN
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LABS TO DO WITH APPENDICITIS
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CBC- LEUKOCYTOSIS; URINALYSIS- HEMATURIA OR PYURIA IN 25%; CT PREFERRED
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TREATMENT FOR APPENDICITIS
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APPENDECTOMY; IV ANTIBIOTICS
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WHEN WOULD YOU USE A NG TUBE WITH A GASTRIC BLEED?
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SHOULD BE PLACED IN ALL PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED ACTIVE UPPER GI SOURCES OF BLEEDING (RED BLOOD/COFFEE GROUNDS- UPPER GI BLEED)
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WHEN DO YOU NOT USE AN NG TUBE IN THE PRESENCE OF UPPER A GASTRIC BLEED?
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WHEN THERE IS ESOPHAGEAL INJURY THAT IS SUICIDAL/ACCIDENTAL, SEVERE BURNING, CHEST PAIN, GAGGING, DYSPHAGIA, DROOLING WITH WHEEZING OR STRIDOR OR W/ ASPIRATION
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TREATMENT FOR IBS
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REASSURE, EDUCATION, DIET THERAPY- STAY AWAY FROM INTOLERANCES, INCREASE FIBER, DECREASE LACTOSE; MEDS ARE RESERVED FOR PATIENTS WITH SEVERE TREATMENT THAT DO NOT RESPOND TO CONSERVATIVE MEASURES
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ANTISPASMODIC MED USED FOR IBS
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BENTYL
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ANTICHOLINERGIC USED FOR POSTPRANDIAL ABDOMINAL PAIN GIVEN BEFORE MEALS IN IBS PATIENTS
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LOPERAMIDE AND LOMOTIL
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WHAT ARE PSYCHOTROPIC MEDS USED FOR IBS?
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TRICYCLICS FOR DIARRHEA DOMINANT PATIENTS; SSRI'S
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HOW MUCH FLUID WILL BE PRESENT IN ASCITES BEFORE YOU CAN SEE IT?
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1500 ML
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PATHOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY
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ASCITES
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CAUSES WITH A NORMAL PERITONEUM OF ASCITES
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PORTAL HYPERTENSION IN GREATER THAN 80%--HEPATIC CONGESTION, LIVER DISEASE, PORTAL VEIN OCCLUSION
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CAUSES OF ASCITES WHEN THE PERITONEUM IS DISEASED
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INFECTIOUS, MALIGNANCY, INFLAMMATORY DISORDER
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IF THE SAAG RATIO IS GREATER THAN 1.1 IN ASCITES, WHAT IS THE CAUSE?
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PORTAL HYPERTENSION
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IF THE SAAG RATIO IS LESS THAN 1.1 IN ASCITES, WHAT IS THE CAUSE?
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NON PORTAL HYPERTENSION CAUSES
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CAUSES OF MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME?
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BLOODY VOMIT, HX OF VOMITING, WRETCHING
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