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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flashcards

1
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What is the difference between Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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IBD is Immune mediated resulting in chronic inflammation and ulceration of the GI tract while IBS is a functional disorder of the GI tract

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What are the two main IBD diseases

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Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

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What are the two age gaps these diseases culminate

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13-39, 60-80

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What are the IBD risk factors

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sedentary lifestyle, stress, vitamin D deficiency , NSAIDS and oral contraceptives, family history

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What is the best way to diagnose IBD

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Endoscopy with biopsy

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How far does a colonscopy go, what does it look at

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5 feet, large intestine

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How far does a sigmoidiscopy go, what does it look at

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2 feet, descending colon

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What is the disease location, endoscopic visualization, and pathology of Crohn’s Disease

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mouth to rectum, deep inflammation (cobblestone), granulomas and inflammation with lymphoid aggregates

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What is the disease location, endoscopic visualization, and pathology of Ulcerative Colitis

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confined to the colon, superficial inflammation and erythema, crypt atrophy and neutrophil infiltration

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What serologic marker is used to distinguish ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s Disease

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Antibody tests

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What are the 4 sub categories of ulcerative colitis

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proctitis: inflammation of the rectum, proctosigmoiditis: inflammation of rectum and sigmoid colon, distal disease: inflammation that extends to splenic flexure, pancolitis: inflammation that extends past splenic flexure

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What are the 6 sub categories of Crohn’s disease

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ileocolitis: inflammation in the illieum and colon, ileitis: illeum, gastroduodenal: stomach and duodenum, jejunoileitis: jejenum and illieum, granulomatous: whole colon, perianal: only in the rectum

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What is the most common sub categorie of Crohn’s disease

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ileocolitis

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What are Crohn’s Disease complications

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fistulas: unneeded pathway, abscesses: pockets of infection, fissures, nutritional deficiencies

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What is extraintestinal manifestation

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inflammation in other organ systems

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What is severe fulminant of crohn’s disease

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persistent symptoms despite treatment or high temperatures, persistent vomiting, intestinal obstruction, cachexia or abscess

17
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What are the first line drugs of mild to moderate Ulcerative Colitis why

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aminosalicylates, induce and maintain remission

18
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What are the two main functions of aminosalicylates

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anti-inflammatory and immunosuppresive

19
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What is the active drug of sulfasalazine, what causes the side effects

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mesalamine (5-ASA), sulfapyridine

20
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Where do the aminosalicylate formulations work

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Colon

21
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What are important adverse effects of Sulfasalazine

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Male inferetility (reversible), may turn urine orange, may stain contacts and cause yellow tears

22
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T/F: One gram of Folic acid must be taken with sulfasalazine

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True

23
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What are side effects of balsalazide and olsalazine

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headache, nausea, abdominal pain

24
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When should a patient be switched to a mesalamine agent when taking balsalazide or olsalazine

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When watery diarrhea is present

25
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Which mesalamine agent is an enema and where is the site of action, how should it be taken

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Rowasa, Descending colon and recteum, given at bedtime and lay on left side for 8 hours

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What is the formulation of Canasa, where is the site of action, when should it be taken

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Suppository, rectum, after a bowel movement

27
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Which mesalamine agent is a oral formulation and works in the small bowel and colon

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Pentasa

28
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What is site of action and formulation of Apriso

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Jejunum to colon, oral

29
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Which mesalamine agents are oral formulations and work in the terminal ileum to colon

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Asacol, Delzicol, Lialda

30
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When should mesalamine be discountinued

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if pancreatitis, pneumonitis, or nephrotoxicity is present

31
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What should be monitored for sulfasalazine

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CBC and LFTs at initiation of therapy, every 2 weeks for 3 months, every month for 3 months, then every 3 months

32
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What should be monitored for mesalmine agents

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serum creatinine at 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months then annually

33
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What are corticosteroids used for in IBD

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treatment of active UC or CD and/or failed 5-ASA therapy

34
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Which steroid product has an oral formulation and is the go to for CD and UC

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prednisone

35
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When would budesonide become the preferred steroid

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symptoms are mild-moderate and long term steroids

36
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What are the two formulations of budesonide and where do the work

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Entocort EC- terminal ileum, ileum, ascending colon/ Uceris- Colon

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