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Showing posts with label GASTROENTEROLOGY. Show all posts

GI bleeding: causes

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shared by  Era's lucknow medical college and hospital ABCDEFGHI: Angiodysplasia Bowel cancer Colitis Diverticulitis/ Duodenal ulcer...

Drugs causing pancreatitis (complete list)

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shared by  Iqbal Bashir GLAD Organ Pancreas iS Traumatised n Destroyed Very Much Glucocorticoids L-asparaginase Alcohol Diuretics Ocp...

Biliary tract Lesions:

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shared by Ankit Patel Pain - Cholelithiasis Pain + Pyrexia - Acute Cholecystitis Pain + Jaundice - Choledocholithiasis Pain + Pyrexia +...

Ulcerative colitis: definition of a severe attack

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A STATE : A nemia less than 10g/dl S tool frequency greater than 6 stools/day with blood T emperature greater than 37.5 A lbumin less t...

Pancreatitis: criteria

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PANCREAS : P aO2 below 8 A ge >55 N eutrophils: WCC >15 C alcium below 2 R enal: Urea >16 E nzymes: LDH >600; AST >200...

Crohn's disease: morphology, symptoms

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  CHRISTMAS : C obblestones H igh temperature R educed lumen I ntestinal fistulae S kip lesions T ransmural (all layers, may ulcerate)...

Cirrhosis: differential: common and rarer

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· Common causes are ABC : A lcohol B (Hepatitis) C (Hepatitis) · Rarer are also ABC : A utoimmune B iliary cirrhosis C opper (Wilso...

Charcot's triad (gallstones)

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" Char ge a FEE ": Char cot's triad is: F ever E pigastric & RUQ pain E mesis & nausea
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Ulcerative colitis: complications

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 " PAST C olitis": P yoderma gangrenosum A nkylosing spondylitis S clerosing pericholangitis T oxic megacolon C olon carcinom...

Charcot's triad (gallstones)

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" C harcot's Tri ad is 3 C 's": C olor change (jaundice) C olic (biliary) pain, aka RUQ pain C hills and fever

Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) cause is DNA mismatch repair

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 DNA mismatch causes a bubble in the strand where the two nucleotides don't match. This looks like the ensuing polyps that arise in the...

Dry mouth: differential

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"DRI" : ·2 of each: D rugs/ D ehydration R enal failure/ R adiotherapy I mmunological (Sjogren's)/ I ntense emotions

Splenomegaly: causes

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CHIMP : C ysts H aematological ( eg CML, myelofibrosis) I nfective (eg viral (IM), bacterial) M etabolic/ M isc (eg amyloid, Gauchers) ...

Diabetic ketoacidosis: precipitating factors

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· 5 I's: I nfection I schaemia (cardiac, mesenteric) I nfarction I gnorance (poor control) I ntoxication (alcohol)

Cholangitis features

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CHOLANGITITS : C harcot's triad/ C onjugated bilirubin increase H epatic abscesses/ H epatic (intra/extra) bile ducts/ H LA B8, DR3 ...

Vomiting: extra GI differential

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VOMITING : V estibular disturbance/ V agal (reflex pain) O piates M igrane/ M etabolic (DKA, gastroparesis, hypercalcemia) I nfections ...

Pancreatitis: Ranson criteria for pancreatitis at admission

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  LEGAL : L eukocytes > 16.000 E nzyme AST > 250 G lucose > 200 A ge > 55 L DH > 350

Constipation: causes

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  DOPED : D rugs (eg opiates) O bstruction (eg IBD, cancer) P ain E ndocrine (eg hypothyroid) D epression

Haemachromatosis complications

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" H aemo C hromatosis C an C ause D eposits A nywhere": H ypogonadism C ancer (hepatocellular) C irrhosis C ardiomyopathy D ...

Hepatic encephalopathy: precipitating factors

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  ABCDEFI : A lcohol withdrawal B leeding (GI) C onstipation D rugs: withdraw any sedatives/narcotics E lectrolyte imbalances F luid d...