Gastroenterology — Flashcards

Flashcard 521: Cystitis is characterized by _____ urine and should be confirmed with urinalysis

Answer: cloudy

Flashcard 522: What causes post-hepatic disease? (5) _____

Answer: Gallstones, pancreatic cancer, PBC, PSC, stricture

Flashcard 523: Oral candidiasis may _____ when scraped off

Answer: bleed

Flashcard 524: What is tx for Mallory-Weiss tear? _____

Answer: Nothing; treat GI bleed if it is still bleeding

Flashcard 525: Chronic pancreatitis can lead to gastric varices by causing _____

Answer: splenic vein thrombosis

Flashcard 526: Describe the location of pain associated with peptic ulcer disease vs. GERD: PUD: _____ GERD: _____

Answer: epigastric pain (e.g. near stomach/duodenum)

Flashcard 527: _____ is a form of upper GI bleed that involves significant hematemesis from an aberrant submucosal artery in the stomach

Answer: Dieulafoy lesion

Flashcard 528: What is a worrisome sequelae of pseudotumor cerebri if left untreated? _____

Answer: Blindness

Flashcard 529: HIV patients with Candida esophagitis more commonly present with _____

Answer: odynophagia

Extra: Odynophagia (painful swallowing) is the clinical hallmark and the most common presenting symptom of infectious esophagitis (Candida, CMV, HSV). Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) may also occur.

Flashcard 530: What is the treatment of choice for severe hypovolemic hypernatremia? _____ until euvolemic, then _____

Answer: 0.9% saline (isotonic)