GI

Question 1

Medications causes pancreatitis

Answer 1

azathioprine, mesalazine , didanosine, bendroflumethiazide, furosemide, pentamidine, steroids, sodium valproate

Question 2

prophylaxis of oesophageal bleeding in varicose veins

Answer 2

non-selective beta blocker - propranolol

Question 3

medications. causing cholestasis

Answer 3

OCP, co-amoxiclav, sulphonyureas, fibres, anabolic steroids, phenothiazines

Question 4

risk factor for clostridium difficile

Answer 4

PPIs

Question 5

treatment of anal fissures

Answer 5

topical glyceryl trinitrate

Question 6

Treatment of severe c.difficile infection

Answer 6

oral vancomycin , IV metronidazole

Question 7

Causes of drug induced cholestasis

Answer 7

Oral contraceptive pill, co-amoxiclav

Question 8

treatment in PBC

Answer 8

Ursodeoxycholic acid

Question 9

first line treatment of ulcerative colitis flare up

Answer 9

topical/rectal aminosalicylate

Question 10

Proton pump inhibitors increases the risk of

Answer 10

microscopic colitis , clostridium difficile

Question 11

management of diarrhoea post ileocecal resection in terminal ileal crohn’s disease

Answer 11

Malabsorption of bile salts - oral cholestyramine

Question 12

Recommended treatment in recurrent C.diff infection

Answer 12

Bezlotoxumab

Question 13

Treatment of Ulcerative colitis

Answer 13

Inducing remission - Topical mesalazine , infliximab, IV corticosteroids in severe cases.
Maintaining remission - topical or oral mesalazine. if fails oral azathioprine or mercaptopurine