Gastroenterology — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: Children older than 6 months of age with acute diarrhea should receive oral zinc (_____ mg/day) for 10-14 days during and after diarrhea

Answer: 20

Flashcard 22: _____ nutrition and small bowel transplantation is the rx of choice for microvillus inclusion disease

Answer: Total parenteral

Flashcard 23: The _____ part of the ileum and the proximal segment of the colon are involved most frequently in necrotizing enterocolitis.

Answer: distal

Flashcard 24: What will be the liver function profile in a patient of Alagille syndrome?_____

Answer: Obstructive

Flashcard 25: Which score is used to predict disease severity and waiting list mortality in pediatric patients (under 12 years) undergoing liver transplant? What are its components?

Answer: PELD (Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease) score Components: - Serum Bilirubin - INR - Serum Albumin - Age (< 1 year) - Growth failure (height or weight > 2 SD below mean)

Flashcard 26: A patent _____ will cause umbilical discharge in the absence of straining

Answer: vitellointestinal duct

Flashcard 27: In patients with esophageal atresia, the most common associated GI anomaly is _____ atresia.

Answer: Anorectal

Extra: Approximately 50% of patients with esophageal atresia have associated anomalies (VACTERL association). Anorectal malformations are the most common associated GI anomaly.

Flashcard 28: The most common extraintestinal manifestation of celiac disease in the paediatric age group is _____

Answer: iron-deficiency anaemia

Flashcard 29: The diagnosis of encopresis is not made until after age _____ years of age

Answer: 4

Flashcard 30: What is the pathognomic sign of HPS?_____

Answer: Palpation of pyloric olive in the epigastrium