Gastroenterology — Flashcards

Back pain and relieved by passing stool = _____

Hint: cause

GERD first step in management: _____ GERD confirmatory diagnosis: _____ GERD with alarm symptoms: Endoscopy (with biopsy) GERD with complications (stricture, Barrett's, refractory): Surgery (Nissen fundoplication)

Iron deficiency anemia in the elderly is assumed to be from _____ until proven otherwise

Acute leukemia may present acutely with nonspecific symptoms (e.g. bone pain) and _____, thrombocytopenia, and/or neutropenia

Adynamic ileus occurs when small bowel motility is disrupted and only develops after exposure to an insult that "stuns" the bowel, such as _____ or _____

A transplant patient with bloody diarrhea and multiple, large shallow ulcers on colonoscopy; this is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome should be screened for what inherited disorder? _____

What is bird's beak deformity indicative of on barium swallow? _____

Most common cause of 1° hyperparathyroidism is _____

Hint: condition

Lymphoma = _____ lymphadenopathy