Gastroenterology & Hepatology — Flashcards

What is the most common cause of small bowel obstruction in adults? _____

What is the investigation of choice for Crohn's disease? _____

Small bowel obstruction results in bowel _____ proximal to the obstruction, and bowel collapse distal to the obstruction

What is the initial investigation for a perianal abscess? _____

What is the management for maintaining remission in mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis with extensive disease? _____

What is the management of a perianal abscess? _____

_____ is a relapsing-remitting inflammatory bowel disease that involves continuous superficial (intestinal mucosa) inflammation of the rectum and large bowel

Crohn disease is characterised histologically by lymphoid aggregates with _____

_____ always causes bloody diarrhoea

Hint: IBD

Ulcerative colitis always starts at the _____ but can spread up to the ileocaecal valve