Gastro Flashcards
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WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF TODDLER DIARRHOEA?
CHRONIC NON SPECIFIC DIAHRRHOEA
STOOLS OF VARYING CONSISTENCY
ITS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF CHRONIC DIARRHOEA IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
WHY DOES TODDLER DIARRHOEA OCCUR?
AN UNDERLYING DELAY IN MATURATION OF THE INTESTINE LEADING TO ‘INTESTINAL HURRY’
IS THERE MALABSORBTION OR FAILURE TO THRIVE IN TODDLERS DIAHRROEA
NO !
HOW WOULD YOU MANAGE TODDLERS DIARRHOEA?
REASURRANCE AND WATCH AND WAIT (FOR SIGNS OF MALNUTRITION)
A HIGH FAT DIET
A HIGH FIBER DIET
WHAT IS NOT RECCOMENDED IN LARGE AMOUNTS IN A DIET FOR TODDLERS DIARRHOEA AND WHY
FRUIT - CONTAINS LARGE AMOUNTS OF SORBITOL
WHY IS A HIGH FAT DIET RECCOMENDED IN TODDLERS DIAHORREA?
FAT SLOWS GUT TRANSIT
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF RECURRANT ABDO PAIN
PAIN SEVERE ENOUGH TO DISRUPT DAILY ACTIVITIES
LASTING OVER 3 MONTHS
HOW WOULD YO INVESTIGATE RECURRANT ABDO PAIN?
WHAT SIGN WOULD YOU BE CONCERED OF?
COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY AND EXAMINATION LOOKING FOR PERIANAL FISSURES (IBD)
START GROWTH CHARTS
URINE CULTURES
ULTRASOUND (LOOKING FIR GALLSTONES/OBSTRUCTION)
WHAT IS THE MANAGEMENT FOR RECURRANT ABDO PAIN
IF CAUSE FOUND TREAT THAT
OTHERWISE CHILDHOOD IBS
REASUURE AND EDUCATE
DEFINE IBS
ALTERED GASTRIC MOTILITY AND ABNORMAL SENSATON OF INTRA ABDOMINAL EVENTS
HAS PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF IBS
ABDO PAIN RELIEVED BY DEFICATION
EXPLOSIVE LOOSE MUCUSY STOOLS
BLOATING
FEELING OF INCOMPLETE DEFICATION
ALTERNATING CONSTIPATION
HOW WOULD OU DIAGNOSE IBS
HISTORY
LACK OF PHYSICAL FINDINGS
WHAT ARE D.D OF IBS AND WHAT INVESTIGATIONS ARE USED TO CONFIRM THESE
US - GALLSTONES AND OBSTRUCTIONS
FLEXIBLE SIGMOSTCOPY / COLONOSCOPY - IBD
HOW WOULD YOU MANAGE IBS
SMALL FREQUENT FEEDS
LOW FAT HIGH FIBER DIET
PROBIOTICS
LAXATIVES IE FIBROGEL
CIMETROPIUM (AN ANTISPASMODIC)
CBT
SSRI
WHAT PATHOGENS CAN CAUSE GASTROENTERITIS
E COLI
SHIGELLA
CHOLERA
CAMYLOBACTER JEJUNI
ADENOVIRUS
ROTAVIRUS
NOROVIRUS
WHAT IS A CLASSIC SIGN THAT THE GASTROENTERITIS IS BACTERIAL
BLOODY STOOLS
WHAT IS A CLASSIC SIGN THAT THE GASTROENTERITIS IS CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI
SEVERE ABDO PAIN
WHAT IS A CLASSIC SIGN THAT THE GASTROENTERITIS IS SHIGELLA
HIGH FEVER
PUS (AND BLOOD) IN STOOLS
WHAT IS A CLASSIC SIGN THAT THE GASTROENTERITIS IS CHOLERA/E COLI
PROFUSE DIAHORREA
WHAT ARE GENERIC SYMPTOMS OF GASTROENTERITIS
WATERY LOOSE STOOLS
VOMITING
DEHYDRATION
+/- SHOCK
HOW WOULD YOU DIAGNOSE AND ASSES GASTROENTERITIS
ASSESS DEHYDRATION
BLOODS: FBC, SODIUM (U+E)
STOOL AND BLOOD CULTURES
HOW WOULD YOU MANAGE GASTROENTERITIS
ENCOURAGE FLUID INTAKE + ORS
IF NEEDED IV FLUIDS (MAINTENENCE)
+/- NG TUBE
ZINC IF MALNURISHED
ANTI DIARRHOEAL (LOPERAMIDE)
ABX IF NEEDED
FULL FAT MILK AND SOLIDS AFTER REHYDRATION
HOW WOULD YOU AVOID CEREBRAL OEDEMA
FLUIDS OVER 48 HRS
SODIUM REPLACEMENT (HYPONATREMIC)
WHAT IS A CONTRAINDICATION OF ANTI DIAHORREAL
POSITIVE CULTURES ONLY GIVE AFTER OR IF CULTURES ARE CLEAN