Gastroenterology — Flashcards

Flashcard 91: What type of autoimmune hepatitis is associated with HLA-B8, HLA-DR3 and HLA-DR4?_____

Answer: type 1

Flashcard 92: What is the best treatment for bleeding esophageal varices?_____

Answer: Endoscopic band ligation

Flashcard 93: Measurement of the _____ in the stool is simple, specific, and now widely used for estimating pancreatic exocrine insufficiency

Answer: fecal elastase 1

Flashcard 94: What type of autoimmune hepatitis is associated with absent IgA?_____

Answer: Type 2

Extra: Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) Type 2 (anti-LKM1 positive) is specifically associated with IgA deficiency. This variant typically affects children and young adults and follows a more aggressive course than Type 1.

Flashcard 95: Treatment of choice in Wilson's disease with hepatic decompensation is _____

Answer: Liver transplantation

Flashcard 96: _____ score is used to predict short-term prognosis in patients undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt insertion

Answer: MELD

Flashcard 97: The most common hepatotoxin causing chronic liver failure is _____

Answer: alcohol

Flashcard 98: Net secretors are those patients with "Short Bowel Syndrome" having _____ than 100 cm of residual jejunum.

Answer: less

Flashcard 99: What is the line of mx in asymptomatic cases of hepatic hemangioma?_____

Answer: Observation

Flashcard 100: _____ syndrome is intermittent food impaction causing complete obstruction due to the presence of Schatzki rings

Answer: Steakhouse