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1B abdominal pain Flashcards

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What symptom do most intra-abdominal diseases present with alone?

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Pain- so a careful history is never wasted

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What are the 2 most significant properties of the pain?

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  • Site
  • Character
  • If you know these you have a good chance of making the correct diagnosis
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What framework do we use to ask patients about pain?

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SOCRATES

  • Site- where is it?
  • Onset- has it come on suddenly or gradually?
  • Character- what is the pain like? Is it burning? Colicky (sharp, localised)? Aching?
  • Radiation- where does it go to?
  • Association- is it associated with vomiting? Fever?
  • Time course- have they had that pain before?
  • Exacerbating or relieving factors- what makes it better? What makes it worse?
  • Severity- how bad is it e.g. /10?
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What are the 2 main ways of marking surface anatomy for site of pain?

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  • Abdominopelvic regions
  • Abdominopelvic quadrants
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What organs is each region responsible for?

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There is a big crossover between the 2 regions- a lot of people say they have biliary-colic pain but its epigastric. If not sure, endoscopy is good to check.

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What are the vertical and horizontal lines passing through?

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Umbilicus

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What organ structures are found at the transpyloric plane?

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L1
- Pylorus of stomach
- Neck of pancreas
- Fundus of gallbladder
- Renal hilum of left kidney (right kidney is pushed down a bit by liver)
- Duodenojejunal flexure
- End of spinal cord in adult

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What organ structures are found at the subcostal plane and supracristal plane respectively?

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Subcostal plane- L3

  • Origin of inferior mesenteric artery

Supracristal plane- L4

  • Bifurcation of the aorta
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What is the foregut made of?

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Distal oesophagus → proximal half of 2nd part of duodenum

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What innervates the pain in the foregut?

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T5-T9

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What pain is the foregut the site of?

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Epigastrium

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What is the midgut made of?

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Distal half of 2nd part of duodenum → proximal 2/3 of transverse colon

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What innervates the pain in the midgut?

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T10 and T11

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14
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What pain is the midgut the site of?

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Umbilical

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What is the hindgut made of?

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Distal 1/3 of transverse colon → rectum

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What innervates the pain in the hindgut?

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L1 and L2

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17
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What pain is the hindgut the site of?

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Hypogastrium

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18
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Describe the blood supply of the abdomen

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19
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What is the parietal peritoneum?

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Covering of abdominal wall anteriorly + covering of abdominal cavity posteriorly

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What is visceral peritoneum?

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  • Peritoneum covering organs
  • Liver peritoneum, colon peritoneum
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What is special about the pancreas and duodenum?

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They’re both retroperitoneal structures (not acc inside abdomen)

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What nerves supply the parietal peritoneum?

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Phrenic nerves that supply sensation from central tendon to diaphragm → C3, C4, C5

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What’s special about the parietal peritoneum nerve supply?

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C3 and 5 also innervate right shoulder so patients can present with right shoulder pain when something’s going on under their diaphragm

  • Segmental innervation from T5 to L2 (umbilicus supplied by T10)
24
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What nerves supply the visceral peritoneum?

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  • Parasympathetic supply from vagus nerve
  • Parasympathetic supply from S2-4
  • Sympathetic chain goes T1-12 and L1-2
25
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What nerve plexuses are there?

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  • Coeliac plexus
  • Superior mesenteric plexus
  • Inferior mesenteric plexus
26
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What are the two main categories for character of pain?

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  • Inflammation
  • Obstruction of a muscular tube
27
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What kind of pain does inflammation cause?

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  • Constant ‘aching’ pain
  • Made worse by movement
  • Persists until inflammation subsides
28
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What kind of pain does obstruction of a muscular tube cause?

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  • Colicky ‘gripping’ pain
  • Fluctuates in severity
  • Patient moves to try and get comfortable
29
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What happens if colicky has changed and has become a constant stretching pain?

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  • There has been prolonged obstruction of a hollow viscus that has caused distension
  • This is different from ache of inflammation and isn’t colicky
  • There may be impending ischaemia
30
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What character of pain do you find in the ureter?

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Colicky

31
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What character of pain do you find in the liver?

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Constant e.g. could be hepatitis or liver abscess

32
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What character of pain do you find in the biliary-colic?

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Colicky e.g. stone trying to get through duct like bile duct

33
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What character of pain do you find in the spleen?

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Constant e.g. splenic abscess or rupture

34
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What character of pain do you find in the kidney?

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Constant e.g. pyelonephritis or abscess

35
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What character of pain do you find in the small or large bowel?

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Colicky

36
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Describe this graph of colicky pain

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  • Ureteric colic is defo colic- comes in waves- pain intensity gets high then drops
  • Intestinal colic is still colic but less painful than ureteric
  • Biliary colic doesn’t have to be true colic as it gets to a high intensity but then fluctuates at that high level
37
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Where does gallbladder (right hypochondriac region) pain radiate?

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Through to the back and right- this happens in 50% of cases

38
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Where does stomach, duodenum, pancreas (epigastrium) pain radiate?

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  • Straight through to back- especially because pancreas and duodenum are retroperitoneal
  • People with pancreatic cancer present with back pain because tumour infiltrates posteriorly
39
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What position do pancreatic cancer patients feel better in?

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Sitting up and leaning forward, because abdominal viscera aren’t pushing against pancreas

40
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Where does tail of pancreas (left hypochondriac region) pain radiate?

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Through to the back and the left

41
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Where does right kidney (right lumbar region) pain radiate?

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In loin and radiates to groin (following ureter)

42
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Where does small bowel, caecum, retroperitoneal structures (umbilical region) pain radiate?

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Doesn’t normally radiate because it’s visceral

43
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Where does left kidney (left lumbar region) pain radiate?

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In loin and radiates to groin

44
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What can people with AAA present regarding left kidney pain?

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They can describe left ureteric colicky pain

45
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Where do the lower zone organs (appendix and caecum, bladder, transverse colon, uterus, adnexae, sigmoid colon) pain radiate?

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  • Lower abdominal pain rarely radiates
  • Pain from structures deep in pelvis is referred to lower back/perineum
46
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What is the diagnosis for the following case:

S → Central then shifts to right iliac region

O → Gradual

C → Constant

R → No radiation

A → Nausea, anorexia, fever

T → No previous pain

E → Worse on movement

S → Dull ache

A

Appendicitis

47
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What is important to know about the location of the appendix?

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It can be retrocaecal (64% of the time) and pelvic (32%) which means if we examine their abdomen and press it you won’t feel the appendix- when it’s pelvic they won’t even have abdominal pain

48
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What is the diagnosis for the following case:
S → Central

O → Gradual

C → Colicky

R → No radiation

A → Vomiting, bowels not open

T → Previous colicky pain

E → Passing flatus relieves pain

S → Moderate?

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Bowel obstruction (causing intestinal colic)

49
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What is the commonest cause of small bowel obstructions?

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Adhesions → if you have an operation you get a scar on anterior abdominal wall but some patients get scarring on inside as well (adhesions) which are fibrous bands

50
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When can adhesions be very bad?

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When, just like in right pic, it wraps around and causes a closed loop obstruction (nothing can get in or out)

That part of bowel becomes ischaemic quickly and can explode

51
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How are band adhesions treated?

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These band adhesions can twist around bowel and obstruct it- can be solved by putting NG tube down and decompress it and it’ll untwist and it’s fine

Can do surgery and cut band with pair of scissors

52
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What is the diagnosis for the following case:

S → Loin

O → Sudden onset

C → Colicky

R → To groin

A → Vomiting

T → Previous colicky pain

E → Cannot find a comfortable position

S → Severe 10/10

A

Right uteric colic

53
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What is the diagnosis for the following case:

S → Right upper quadrant

O → Sudden onset

C → Colicky

R → To right shoulder

A → Nausea, indigestion

T → After eating

E → Fatty foods

S → Can be severe 10/10?

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Biliary colic (a stone trying to get through something- colicky muscular pain)

54
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How is cholelithiasis different to biliary colic?

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  • Stone gets caught in cystic duct
  • Bile can’t get in and out
  • Lining of gallbladder keeps producing mucus which has nowhere to go and becomes infected
  • Sometimes it can get out as pus
  • Causes localised pain, not radiating- has Murphy’s sign
55
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What is mesenteric adenitis?

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  • Can be mistaken for acute appendicitis
  • You have inflammatory process with bowel and you get reactive lymph nodes that cause pain
  • Could be caused by transient viral infection
56
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What is Meckel’s diverticulitis?

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  • Outpouching of small bowel that causes inflammation
  • Can contain ectopic pancreatic or gastric tissue
  • Very non-specific and rare

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