Gastroenterology — Flashcards

Flashcard 541: Ingested chemical is managed with _____ and _____

Answer: EGD

Flashcard 542: The incubation period of norovirus is _____ hours, after which it causes watery, non-bloody diarrhea

Answer: 12-48

Flashcard 543: Microscopic colitis is characterized by chronic, _____ diarrhea that may occur during fasting and at night

Answer: watery

Flashcard 544: What two risky activities should you stop doing if you have peptic ulcer disease? _____

Answer: Smoking/alcohol (damages mucosa)

Flashcard 545: What type of anemia is characterized by the following laboratory values? MCV: normal Serum iron: low Ferritin: high TIBC: low _____

Answer: Anemia of chronic disease

Flashcard 546: Which etiology of peripheral precocious puberty is an estrogen-producing tumor?\n_____

Answer: Granulosa cell tumor

Extra: Granulosa cell tumors are sex cord-stromal tumors that secrete estrogen and can cause isosexual precocious puberty.

Flashcard 547: Ventilator-associated pneumonia is generally caused by what? _____

Answer: Aspiration

Flashcard 548: Dysuria, watery urethral discharge and sterile pyuria = _____ due to Chlamydia trachomatis

Answer: urethritis

Flashcard 549: What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with poorly controlled HIV that presents with a two day history of mild odynophagia and dysphagia? Oral examination reveals thrush*. _____

Answer: Candidal esophagitis

Flashcard 550: Gradual, severe radicular pain, asymmetrical weakness, saddle anesthesia and bowel/bladder dysfunction _____

Answer: Cauda equina syndrome