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21 Cards in this Set
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Causes of hepatic encephalopathy?
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HEPATICUS
Hemorrhage Electrolytes (hypokalemic alkalosis) Protein excess Alcohol/anlgesia Trauma Infection Constipation Uremia Surgery (porto-systemic shunt, i.e., TIPSS procedure) |
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List some causes of hemorrhagic ascites
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MARA
Malignancy Acute pancreatitis Ruptured ectopic pregnancy Abdominal trauma |
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List some conditions that present with rigors
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CAMP
Cholangeitis Abscess Malaria Puelonephritis |
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List 6 causes of a distended abdomen
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The 6 F's
Fat Feces Fluid Flatus Fetus Food |
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List the common cuases of gynecomastia
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DISCO MTV
Digoxin Isoniazid Spironolactone Cimetidine Oestrogens Methyldopa7metronidazole TCAs Verapamil |
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What are the five common associations with gallstone disease?
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The five F's
Fat Female Fertile Fourty Fatty food intolerance |
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Differential diagnosis of intestinal polyps?
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TV Passion Heralds Couch Potatoes
Tubular adenomas Villous adenomas Pseudopolyps (granulation) Hemartomatous polyps Cancerous-Polyps |
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List some symptoms of GIT obstruction
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PVDC
Pain Vomiting Distention Constipation |
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Some features of obstructive jaundice?
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IMBECILE
Icterus Malabsorption Bile salts in urine Elevated ALP Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia Itching Light coloured stools ERCP may reveal cause - stone/mass/stricture/papillary stenosis |
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In the treatment of Celiac disease, what grains are removed from the diet?
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BROW
Barley Rye Oat Wheat |
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What are Ranson's Criteria for assessing the prognosis of acute pancreatitis?
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GALWA
Glucose >11mmol/L Age >55 years LDH >350 iu/L WBC >16*10^9/L AST > 60iu/L During the first 48 hrs - 2,4,6,8,10,10 Serum Ca2+ <2 mmol/L Base excess >-4 Estimated fluid sequestration >6L PaO2 <8 kPa HCT fall >10% Urea rise >10 mmol/L |
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List some complications of ulcerative colitis
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PHAT
Perforation Hemorrhage Acute toxic dilatation Tumor |
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Lit some causes of small bowel obstruction
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SHAVIT
Stone (gallstone ileus) Hernia Adhesions Volvulus Intussusception Tumor |
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List some extra GIT manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease
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SHANE
Skin, i.e., pyoderma gangrenosum Hepatitic, i.e., cholangeitis, cirrhosis Amyloid/arthritis, i.e., sacroiltis, ankylosing spondylosis Neutritional/Neoplasm Eyes, i.e., iritis |
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List some causes of pancreatitis
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I GET SMASHED
Idiopathic Gallstones Ethanol Trauma Steroids Mumps Autoimmune (i.e., PAN) Scorption toxin Hyperlipidemia/HyperPTH/Hypercalcemia/Hypothermia Drugs (i.e., azathioprine, thiazide diuretics) |
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List some causes of secondary hyperlipidemia
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DOC TAN
Diabetes mellitus Oral contraceptive pill Cholestatic jaundice Hypothyroid Alcohol excess Nephrotic syndrome |
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List some associations with gastric malignancy
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5 A's
Anemia (iron deficiency, initially, then chronic) Anorexia Aesthenia Acanthosis nigricans A-type blood group |
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List some causes of jaundice
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ABCDEFGHIJ
Anesthetics Blood transfusion Contacts (sexual) Drugs Ethanol Foreign travel - Hep A, E Gall stones/Gilbert's syndrome Hemophilia/Hepatitis Idiopathic/IV drug abuse Jobs - farmers, sewage workers (Weil's disease) |
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Some indications for prophylactic bowel surgery
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APPLE
Appendicitis Polyposis Coli Penetrating wounds Low grade metaplasia (colon) Extensive mucosal burns |
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List some causes of an acute abdomen (not in order of incidence!)
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MEDIC CURSES A MOP
Mesenteric adenitis Enteritis Diverticulitis Ischemic bowel Colitis (inflammatory bowel disease) Cholecystitis Ulcers Renal colic Salpingitis Ectopic pregnancy Small bowel obstruction Appendicitis Meckels' diverticulitis Ovarian cyst Pancreatitis |
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List some complications of ulcerative Colitis?
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PASTS Colitis
Pyoderma gangrenosum Ankylosing spondylitis Sclerosing pericholangitis Toxic megacolon Colon carcinoma |
