Gastroenterology — Flashcards

Flashcard 511: What is the next step in management for a patient with poorly controlled HIV that presents with mild odynophagia/dysphagia? _____

Answer: Empiric fluconazole

Flashcard 512: Non-anion gap metabolic acidosis is broadly caused by two things: 1) RTA 2) _____

Answer: Diarrhea (HCO3- loss in gut)

Flashcard 513: In addition to bilateral parotitis, mumps may also present with _____, aseptic meningitis, and pancreatitis

Answer: orchitis

Flashcard 514: Cystitis typically presents with _____-uria, urinary frequency, urgency, and suprapubic pain

Answer: dys

Flashcard 515: Stool osmotic gap = 290 - 2 x (_____ + _____)

Answer: [Na+]

Flashcard 516: _____ deficiency = Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Answer: Thiamine (B1)

Flashcard 517: What procedure should be done prior to endoscopic treatment in patients with upper GI bleed who have a depressed level of consciousness and continued hematemesis? _____

Answer: Endotracheal intubation

Flashcard 518: Cystitis is characterized by _____ urine and should be confirmed with urinalysis

Answer: cloudy

Flashcard 519: Which genital infection is characterized by painful, deep ulcers with a gray/yellow exudate and severe lymphadenopathy with pus? _____

Answer: Haemophilus ducreyi (chancroid)

Flashcard 520: Watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, achlorhydria and flushing is suggestive of _____

Answer: VIPoma

Extra: Achlorhydria = lack of gastric acid WDKA syndrome