Gastroenterology — Flashcards

_____ is the test of choice for diagnosing diverticulitis; it is followed up with _____ to rule out malignancy.

Hint: Diagnostic test-specific?

AIDS is diagnosed through a CD4 count < _____ or AIDS-defining infection

Hint: cells per μl

Intermittent solid food dysphagia and history of atopy is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is the recommended treatment for lice or scabies? (2) _____

Which genital infection is characterized by small, painless ulcers that can progress to painful inguinal lymphadenopathy (buboes)? _____

Diabetes, gallstones, steatorrhea and hypochlorhydria is suggestive of _____

Hint: condition

Where is referred pain for acute cholecystitis? _____

In patients on _____ or prolonged fasting, the normal stimulus for CCK release and gallbladder contraction is absent causing gallbladder stasis

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient status-post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery who presents with abdominal bloating, diarrhea, and macrocytic anemia? _____

Post-op ileus and paralysis are symptoms of _____

Hint: electrolyte abnormality