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What is achalasia?

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lower esophageal sphincter fails to relax during swallowing

Food can’t get from the esophagus into the stomach

Caused by denervation of the myenteric plexus in the lower 2/3 of the esophagus

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What is megaesophagus?

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When achalasia is severe, the esophagus becomes distended and can hold up to one liter

food becomes putrid and infected while waiting to pass into the stomach

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Loss of stomach secretions in individuals with chronic gastritis leads to ____ and ____

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achlorhydria

pernicious anemia

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What is achlorhydria

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Stomach fails to secrete hydrochloric acid

A lack of acid also means pepsin is not secreted, and even if it is it isn’t activated into pepsinogen

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How much Vitamin B12 is absorbed without intrinsic factor?

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1/50th of the normal amount!

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What is the usual cause of a peptic ulcer?

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imbalance between rate of gastric secretion and degree of intestinal wall protection

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What percentage of people with gastric ulcers have H. Pylori infections?

Why?

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75%

bacteria burrows its way through the gastric barrier and releases ammonium that liquefies the barrier and stimulates secretion of hydrochloric acid

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How long does an H. Pylori infection last?

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A lifetime

Requires ABX treatment

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What are three big modifiable factors that predispose people to peptic ulcers?

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Smoking

Alcohol

Aspirin and NSAIDs

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What are extreme measures that are used to stop ulcerative bleeding?

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Removing portions of the stomach

Cutting the vagus nerves that supply PS stimulation to the gastric glands

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What is the most common cause of pancreatitis?

What is the second?

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Alcohol

Blockage of the papilla of Vater by a gallstone

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What is Sprue?

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Any disease that causes malabsorption in the SI mucosa

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Compare tropical and non-tropical sprue

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Tropical: caused by some sort of bacteria, but no one is sure which one

Non-tropical: celiac’s etc

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What is steatorrhea?

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Fatty stools

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Sprue leads to fatty stools that are almost entirely composed of salts of fatty acids. What does this mean?

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The problem isn’t in digesting fat. The bile salts are still doing their job, and the fats are still being broken down

they just aren’t being reabsorbed

that’s why sprue is a disease of malabsorption, not digestion

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What is one cause of Hirschprung’s Disease?

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lack of or deficiency of ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus in a segment of the sigmoid colon

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How can patients with severed spinal cords control their bowel movements

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Giving an enema at a specified time of day (in the morning) creates stimuli that will trigger the cord defecation reflex, and they can have a bowel movement

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What is antiperistalsis?

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Peristalsis up the GI tract (vomiting)

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In the large intestine, what generates most of the gases?

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Bacterial action

CO2

Methane

hydrogen

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What is anorexia?

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Lack of desire to eat despite physiologic stimuli that would normally produce hunger

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What substances trigger vomiting in the CTZ?

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Dopamine

Opioids

Ach

Substance P

serotonin

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What is projectile vomiting?

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Not preceded by nausea or retching

caused by direct stimulation of the vomiting center by neurologic lesions

OR

gastric outlet obstruction

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What are the three main mechanisms of diarrhea?

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osmotic

secretory

motility

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Small volume diarrhea is usually caused by:

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inflammatory disorder of the intestines (Crohn’s, UC, microscopic colitis)

Irritation and inflammation causes increased motility

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What is motility diarrhea?
caused by resection of the SI, surgical bypass, fistula formation, IBS, diabetic neuropathy laxative abuse hyperthyroidism
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Compare and contrast parietal and visceral pain
parietal pain arises from the peritoneum, visceral pain arises from the organs themselves parietal is more localized and intense than visceral, which is diffuse and vague parietal lateralizes and follows dermatomes, visceral may b e referred or nonspecific parietal pain comes from A delta fibers, visceral comes from polymodal C fibers
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Gallbladder pain sometimes is referred to the right shoulder. This is an example of ______ pain
visceral
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What is a Mallory-Weiss tear?
tear at esophageal-gastric junction caused by severe retching
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What drugs put people at risk for GERD?
Ones that relax the lower esophageal sphincter: anticholinergics nitrates calcium channel blocker nicotine
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What is eosinophilic esophagitis?
rare idiopathic inflammatory disease that causes infiltration of esinophils in the esophagus manifestations look a little similar to GERD
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What is a hiatal hernia?
protrusion of the upper stomach through the diaphragm into the thorax Often asymptomatic except for GERD Severe symptoms arise if strangulation occurs
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Gastroparesis is most commonly associated with:
diabetes (form of neuropathy involving the vagal nerve and cells of cajal) surgical vagotomy fundoplication
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What generally causes acquired pyloric obstruction?
PUD or nearby carcinoma
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Why is prostaglandin inhibition such a problem for the stomach?
Prostaglandin usually stimulate the secretion of mucu and suppress inflammation
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What is a curling ulcer? What is a cushing ulcer?
From burns From brain surgery/injury
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What is dumping syndrome?
rapid emptying of hypertonic chyme from the fakey stomach into the SI 10-12 min after eating Since the chyme is so extremely hypertonic, it pulls water into the lumen creating systemic dehydration Causes rapid distention of the intestines, leading to pain and cramping, N/V leads to diarrhea
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What kinds of meals are ideal to prevent dumping syndrome?
frequent, small meals high in protein low in carbs
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What are the four fat soluble vitamins?
A D K E
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Vitamin A deficiency results in:
night blindness
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Vitamin D deficiency results in:
decreased calcium absorption/osteoporosis etc
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Vitamin K deficiency results in
prolonged prothrombin
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Vitamin E deficiency results in
testicular atrophy neurologic defects in children
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Conditions that decrease the production or secretion of bile include:
advanced liver disease (decreased production) bile duct obstruction (decreased secretion) intestinal stasis (permits overgrowth of bacteria that deconjugate bile salts) resection/disease of the ileum (prevents reabsorption and recycling of bile salts)
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and _______ are chronic, relapsing idiopath inflammatory bowel disease
Ulcerative Colitis Crohn's Disease
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What are the PRIMARY histological differences between UC and Crohn's?
Crohn's is transmural (full thickness), while UC is mucosal Crohn's effects portions of the entire bowel via skip lesions. UC is in the sigmoid colon and rectum
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What are the most common sites of Crohn's lesions?
ascending and transverse colon
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What's the difference between diverticulosis and diverticulitis?
Diverticulosis is asymptomatic presence of diverticula Diverticulitis is inflammatory diverticula
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Where in the GI tract do diverticuli occur?
can occur anywhere most commonly in the left colon (western countries) and right colon (asian countries)
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Where do diverticula form?
at weak points in the colon wall, where arteries penetrate the tunica muscularis to reach the mucosa
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How does Laplace's Law relate to diverticulitis?
Consuming a low-fiber diet results in reduced fecal bulk This means the lumen of the intestines is smaller, which increases wall tension Pressure can increase enough within the narrow lumen to cause bowel ischemia
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What is the typical pain associated with appendicitis?
Epigastric or periumbilical pain! The rebound RLQ pain is actually from inflammation of the surrounding tissues (the peritoneum)
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Why is the small intestine more often the victim of acute mesenteric ischemia than the large?
The superior mesenteric artery has a more direct line of flow from the aorta emboli enter it more readily than they enter the inferior branch, causing ischemia and necrosis of the SI
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What happens when the intestines lose perfusion?
increased motility, N/V, diarrhea, distention eventually mucosa can't produce enough mucus to protect itself and start autodigesting loss of fluid into the bowels bacteria invade the necrotic intestinal wall, causing gangrene and peritonitis
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What is normal portal blood pressure? What is considered HTN?
3-5 mmHg \> 5 mmHg
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What causes portal hypertension?
Anything that impedes blood flow through the liver: Prehepatic (thrombosis/narrowing of portal vein) Intrahepatic (vascular remodeling, fibrosis, hepatitis etc) Posthepatic (R sided heart failure)
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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is associated with: Portopulmonary Hypertension (PPH) is associated with: Both are respiratory complications caused by liver disease.
pulmonary vasodilation, shunting, and hypoxia pulmonary vasoconstriction, vascular remodeling
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What medications are used in preventing variceal bleeding?
nonselective beta blockers
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Name five disease associated with ascites
1. Liver Cirrhosis (most common) 2. R heart failure 3. Abdominal malignancies 4. nephrotic syndrome 5. malnutrition
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What are three causes of jaundice?
1. Obstructive (doesn't pass from liver to intestine) 2. Hepatocellular (not conjugated in the liver) 3. Hemolytic (escessive destruction of RBCs)
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What causes hepatorenal syndrome?
arterial vasodilation of the splanchnic vasculature reduces effective blood volume also, renal vasoconstriction with advanced liver failure and portal hypertension less fluid, and narrower afferent arteriole = decreased GFR
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What is the incidence of gallstones in Native Americans?
60-70%!!!!! it's 15% in white adults
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list some risk factors for gallstones
obesity, but also obese persons who have rapidly lost weight Middle aged females using contraceptives
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What causes gallstones?
impaired metabolism of cholesterol, bilirubin, and bile acids
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What are the three types of gallstones, and how common are they?
1. Cholesterol 70-80% 2. Pigmented 3. Mixed
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Cholesterol gallstones form in bile that is high in ______ and low in \_\_\_\_\_\_
cholesterol bile acids and phospholipids
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Pigmented gallstones are formed from:
calcium bilirubinate fatty acid soaps these bind with calcium
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Pigmented gallstones are associated with:
biliary stasis bacterial infections biliary parasites
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In obese persons, gallstones are usually caused by\_\_\_\_\_\_ In nonobese persons, gallstones are usually caused by \_\_\_\_\_
cholesterol over-synthesis decreased secretion of bile acids
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When does biliary colic occur?
30 minutes after eating a fatty meal
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What almost always causes cholecystitis?
A gallstone in the cystic duct
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Cholelithiasis is a risk factor for developing \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
pancreatitis
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Why is alcoholism related to pancreatitis?
pancreatic acinar cells metabolize ethanol and generate toxic metabolites that injure the acinar cells Chronic alcoholism can also cause protein plugs in pancreatic duct and Oddi spasms
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What is the most common cause of chronic pancreatitis?
Chronic alcohol abuse and smoking
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Cleft ____ is more common in males Cleft ____ is more common in females
lip palate
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Esophageal atresia is usually accompanied by:
a tracheoesophageal fistula
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Which two syndromes are assoiated with esophageal atresia?
CHARGE VACTERL
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Increased secretion of ______ during the last trimester increases the incidence of pyloric stenosis
gastrin
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What is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in infants?
Pyloric Stenosis
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Is pyloric stenosis more common in term or preterm infants?
term
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How long after birth does pyloric stenosis manifest?
2-3 weeks after birth forceful, non-bilious vomiting immediately after feeding
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In the intestines, an atresia will cuase what?
a complete blockage
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What is the most common congenital anomaly of the small intestine?
Intestinal malrotation
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What is the other name for Hirschsprung disease?
Congenital Aganglionic Megacolon
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What causes Hirschsprungs?
absence of PNS ganglia in the meissner and auerbach plexuses of the colon
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What is the usual manifestation of Hirschsprung?
constipation or watery diarrhea 24-72 hours after birth
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What causes a meconium ileus?
Formation of meconium in utero that is abnormally sticky most common in children with CF d/t abnormal pancreatic enzymes cause is usually unknown if not d/t CF
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What is the most common cause of SBO in children?
Intussusception
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Cystic fibrosis is caused by a dysfunction in which transmembrane receptor?
CFTR
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What is the role of the CFTR protein in the epithelium?
regulates chloride and sodium ion channels
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What is Kwashiorkor?
edematous malnutrition usually occurs in infants or children 1-4 years old high starch, protein deficient diet
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What is marasmus?
starvation from lack of protein and carbs can occur at any age, but more common in children \<1 year Often caused by early weaning to overdiluted commercial formula
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Kwashiorkor and Marasmus are collectively referred to as:
Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM)
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What is usually the underlying medical condition in infants with FTT?
80% of the time there isn't one

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