Pancreatitis — Flashcards

DKA = usually type _____ diabetes

Hint: 1/2

Severe sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burns, trauma, major surgery, acute pancreatitis, APL Are all possible causes of _____

Hint: hematological problem

Symptoms of spontaneous episodic hypoglycemia that resolve with glucose administration or rest should raise concern for the _____

What is recommended treatment for a patient with severe pruritus secondary to advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma? _____

Acute pancreatitis causes epigastric pain radiating to the back that is _____ by leaning forward

Hint: relieved/worsened

Anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies are suggestive of _____

Hint: condition

How is chronic pancreatits treated? _____

Acute pancreatitis = _____

Hint: imaging modality

What are 2 ways patients get pancreatic abscesses? _____

What abx do you give if there is FNA-proven infection associated with pancreatitis? _____