GI Flashcards
Gold standard for biliary atresia in pedia?
Cholangiography.
On UTZ; biliary atresia usually has?
Triangular cord sign. ; cone shaped fibrotic mass cranial to bifurcation of portal vein.
Stool sample diagnostic of amoebiasis
Trophozoite + ingested RBC
Period of communicability for s. Typhi
Throughout duration of fecal excretion.
Typhoid fever usual antibiotic treatment
Ceftriaxone 75mg/kg/day.
Drugs causing pseudomembranous colitis?
Clindamycin + amoxicillin
DOC for shigella enritis?
Ciprofloxacin.
Invasion of colonic epithelium of shigella is via ???
M cells.
Hallmark symptom of shigella enteritis
Painful defecation.
Definitive diagnosis use of _______ culture? For shigella enteritis
Macconkey, xylose lysin deoxycholate, ss agar.
Empiric therapy of shigella enteritis.
Cefixime, ceftriaxone, azithromycin
+ 20mg zinc 14 days.
Intussusception
Barium
UTZ
- Coiled spring sign
2. Target/ donut ring.
Pyloric stenosis
UTZ
Barium
- > 4mm pyloric thickness, >14mm length
2. Shoulder sign (antrum muscle)
Treatment for duodenal atresia
Duodenodudenostomy + gastrotomy tube placement.
Definitive diagnosis for hirschsprung?
Biopsy.