Gastroenterology & Hepatology — Flashcards

_____ is a chronic functional disorder characterised by abdominal pain, bloating, change in bowel habit caused by gut-brain axis dysregulation

What is the first-line investigation for large bowel obstruction? _____

_____ bowel obstruction is more likely to present with vomiting

Hint: Small/Large

What is the pharmacological management of irritable bowel syndrome? Pain = _____ Diarrhoea = anti-diarrheal (e.g. loperamide) Constipation = laxative (e.g. bulk-forming) → linaclotide 2nd-line

A patient presenting with large bowel obstruction may have a Family Hx of _____ and/or colorectal cancer

Causes of acute pancreatitis: _____

Hint: 11

A alcoholic patient experiences sudden-onset severe epigastric pain that radiates to the back, vomiting, and has discolouration on the flank. What is the likely diagnosis? _____

What abdominal x-ray findings are associated with **large bowel obstruction**? _____

Pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed _____ as it tends to present non-specifically

Hint: timeline

Types of hiatus hernia: _____ Rolling (paraoesophageal)