GI 2 Flashcards

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Who classically gets gallstones?

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Fair, fat, fertile, female, forty

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What are the main components of bile?

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Cholesterol
Bile pigments from broken down Hb
Phospholipids

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What are the main 2 different types of gallstones?

How are they different?

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Cholesterol stones

  • 90% stones in UK
  • Large, often solitary
  • Caused by obesity

Pigment stones

  • Small, irregular
  • Friable (easily crumbled)
  • Caused by haemolysis, stasis and infection
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What is Admirand’s triangle? (what increases your risk of stone)

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Increased risk of stone if:

  • Low lecithin (essential fat)
  • Low bile salts
  • High cholesterol
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How do gallstones present if they are symptomatic?

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Asymptomatic (70%)

Symptoms include
- Colicky RUQ pain
•worse after eating
•refers to right shoulder
•pain as they are being passed through ducts (spasm of smooth muscle)
•lasts about 15 mins , resolves with analgesia

-May have nausea + vomiting

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Managment of gallstones?

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Gallstones

  • NBM
  • analgesia (IM Diclofenac)
  • IV fluids
  • Laperoscopic cholesystectomy (to reduce risk of comps)
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Complications of gallstones?

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Gallstone complications

  • Bilary colic (stuck in cystic duct or passing through CBD)
  • Cholecystitis (36%)
  • Cholangitis
  • Pancreatitis
  • Gall stone illeus
  • Carcinoma (dunno how)
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What is acute cholecystitis?

What are the symptom and signs?

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Acute cholecystitis
-gall stone stuck in cystic duct→INFLAMATION

Symptoms 
- RUQ/epigastric pain (more painful than simple binary colic)
   •refers to right shoulder 
   •colicky or constant 
   •worse when eating 
- Nausea Vomiting 

Signs
- Fever- the presence of fever distinguishes from just biliary colic
- local peritonism- tender o/e with possible GB mass with guarding and some rigidity
○ MURPHY’S SIGN 2 fingers over RUQ and ask patient to breath in . (only +ve if the same test in the LUQ does not cause pain)

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What are the signs of acute cholecystitis?

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Acute cholecystitis

  • GB mass at RUQ (gall stone)
  • Murphy’s sign (palpate RUQ, breathe in, ↑pain)
  • NON peritonitic (may have “local peritonism”)
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What is the best imaging for looking at gallstones?

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USS is best for looking for gallstones

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Investigations for acute cholesystis?

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Cholecystitis investigations

  • FBC (high WCC)
  • LFTs (marginal elevation of ALP, bili and ALT possible - but highly elevated levels might be more suggestive of bile tract obstruction)
  • USS might show thick walls and shrunken GB, might see stones and might see a dilated CBD
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Acute cholecystitis management?

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Acute cholecystitis management

  • NBM
  • analgesia
  • IV fluids
  • IV antibiotics (guidelines) (cefuroxime)

Refer for laparoscopic cholecystectomywithin 1 week!

**if perforation: do open surgery

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What is cholangitis?

What are the classic symptoms?

What is the treatment?

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Cholangitis

  • Stone in the common bile duct (no bile can get through)
  • This is similar to cholecystitis PLUS JAUNDICE
  • It’s bad! likely septicaemia!
  • Infection of the gall bladder

-CHARCOT’S TRIAD:
•RUQ pain
•Fever and rigors
•Jaundice

Treatment

  • IV antibiotics (guidelines)
  • ERCP to drain GB
  • cholesystectomy if due to stones
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Compare the below things for bilary colic/cholysistis/cholangitis.

Location of stone 
RUQ pain
Blood results 
Murphys sign 
Jaundice?
Fever?
Treatment
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Location of stone

  • bilary colic: in gall bladder
  • cholysistis: in cystic duct (neck of gallbladder)
  • cholangitis: in common bile duct (obstructing bile flow)

RUQ pain

  • bilary colic: yes
  • cholysistis: yes
  • cholangitis: yes

Blood results

  • bilary colic: normal
  • cholysistis: ↑WCC
  • cholangitis: ↑WCC

Murphys sign

  • bilary colic: -ve
  • cholysistis: +ve
  • cholangitis: Can be +ve

Jaundice?

  • bilary colic: no
  • cholysistis: no
  • cholangitis: yes

Fever?

  • bilary colic: no
  • cholysistis: yes
  • cholangitis: yes
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Compare the treatments for bilary colic/cholysistis/cholangitis.

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Bilary colic:
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (timing depends on clinical picture) 

Acute cholysystitis:
Refer for laparoscopic cholecystectomywithin 1 week!

Cholangitis:

  • IV antibiotics (guidelines)
  • ERCP to drain GB
  • cholesystectomy if due to stones
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What is the managment for chronic cholesystis?

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Do an USS

-if USS shows dilated CBD with stones do an ERCP + sphincterotomy before laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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What are the 2 types on inguinal hernias?

Which ones are more often strangulated?

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Inguinal Hernias (75% of abdominal wall hernias)

Indirect (most common 80%)

  • internal ring → external inguinal ring
  • can strangulate

Direct (less common 20%)

  • directly through posterior wall of inguinal canal
  • rarely strangulate

*located SUPERO MEDIAL to pubic tubercle

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What are the risk factors for inguinal hernias?

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Risk factors-Inguinal hernias

  • MALES (8:1)
  • chronic cough
  • obesity
  • constipation/urinary obs
  • heavy lifting
  • prev abdo surg
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How do you tell the difference between direct and indirect inguinal hernias

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  • *telling the difference**
  • occlude the deep (internal) inguinal ring
  • ask them to cough or stand
  • if the hernia disappears it is indirect (if it stays its direct)

In reality, its determined during surgical repair:

  • Indirect are LATERAL to inferior epigastric vessels
  • Direct are MEDIAL to inferior epigastric vessels
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Presnetation of inguinal hernia?

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  • Intermittent swelling in groin or scrotum
  • Firm + tender
  • Mass especially during coughing (↑IA pressure)
  • Sudden pain – unlikely to be severe
  • Vomiting + Irritability
  • Thickened spermatic cord (M) or round ligament (F)
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Management of inguinal hernias?

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-Obviously tell them to lose weight if overweight

SURGERY (to prevent strangulation)
-Mesh repair (Lichtenstein repair - best) (polypropylene mesh reinforces posterior wall

22
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Investigations for inguinal hernia

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Inguinal hernia is a clinical diagnosis

-do USS if its unclear

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What would indicate hernia strangulation?

What is the management?

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Hernia strangulation

  • pain out of proportion to clinical features
  • red/tender/tense mass
  • vomiting/ colicky abdominal pain/ distention
  • deranged biochemical results

Management: urgent surgical exploration

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What are 2 complications of inguinal hernias?

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Inguinal hernias
-Irreducible/incarcerated hernia – occurs chronically over time as hernia enlarges + fibrous adhesions form → strangulation (compromises vasc supply) → small bowel obstruction (common complication of hernias)

Hydrocele – patent processus vaginalis (which is narrow enough to prevent formation of inguinal hernia), may still allow peritoneal fluid around scrotum 
-painless scrotal swelling
-non-tender 
-bilateral blue 
-transilimination
SELF LIMITING
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What is a femoral hernia What is the treatement?
Femoral Hernia - Bowel segment enters femoral canal → often irreducible → strangulation (due to rigid boarders of canal) - RF: FEMALES - Repair – EVERYONE, due to high risk of strangulation
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Femoral hernia - what do they look like? - where are they located?
Femoral hernia - DOWNWARD POINTINGmass in upper medial thigh or above inguinal ligament - Neck of hernia felt INFERO-LATERAL to pubic tubercle - Made worse on cough/standing (clinical diagnosis)
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What is an incisional hernia? | What is the managment is an incisional hernia?
Incisional hernia -hernia that occurs through a previously made incision in the abdominal wall (clinical diagnosis) Management is decided on a case-by-case basis, however if suitable most patients will warrant surgical intervention
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What genes are linked to coeliac disease?
HLA-DQ2 (95%) | HLA-DQ8
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When should coeliac disease be suspected?
Anaemia (iron or B12 deficiency) Weight loss Diarrhoea (steatorrhoea)
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What is seen on histology of coeliac disease?
Villous atrophy | Crypt hyperplasia
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What are some manifestations of coeliac disease?
- Fe+ (duodenum) or Folate (jejunum) deficiency → fatigue and angular stomatitis - B12 deficiency - peripheral neuropathy, ataxia - Aphthous ulcers - Osteoporosis - Muscle wasting (buttocks) + Arthralgia - Dermatitis herpetiformis – classic skin (75%) *look for other autoimmune conditions (Type 1 DM or autoimmune thyroid disease)
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What ages get coeliac?
Coeliac disease peaks in childhood and age 50-60yrs
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How do you diagnose coeliac disease?
All tests must be done whilst eating a gluten-containing diet 1. Total IgA and IgA tissue transglutaminase = 1st choice 2. If the first test was only weakly positive, test IgA EMA (endomysial antibodies) 3. If IgA is deficient, test IgG
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What is mirrizi syndrome? | How does it present?
Mirrizi syndrome - extrinsic compression of CBD (cholesystitis) - presents like cholangitis (fever, jaundice, RUQ)
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What is the main symptom of rectal prolapse? Risk factors for rectal prolapse?
Incontinance (75%) Risk factors: prolongs starring/coughing/chronic neuro/psych disorders
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What investigations would you do for a rectal prolapse?
1. PR exam- protruding mass (w/ concentric rings of mucosa), rectal ulcers, ↓anal tone 2. Barium enema/Colonoscopy – evaluate colon prior to surgery to exclude other lesion 3. Stool microscopy/cultures -GI parasitic infection can cause 4. Sweat test – CF screening (common due to hard stool sand cough)
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Treatment for rectal prolapse?
Conservative - Stool softeners (docusate/lactulose) - Manually reduce it Surgery to fix!!
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What are haemorrhoids?
- Straining/gravity can cause anal cushions to dilate - This causes piles (vascular balls) - Prone to trauma and bleeds readily
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Symptoms of haemorrhoids?
Haemorrhoids - Painless Rectal Bleed - bright red - often coats stool - noticed dripping in toilet post defecation - Symptoms of anaemia - Pruritis of anal area - Mucous discharge - Rectal fullness or discomfort
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Investigations for haemorrhoids?
1. Abdo and PR exam (internal haemorrhoids are not palpable) 2. Proctoscopy – visualise internal haemorrhoids + other causes for bleeding 3. Sigmoidoscopy – visualise high rectal pathology if 50+
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Treatment for haemorrhoids?
For 1st degree haemorrhoids-stay in rectum - ↑Fluid + Fibre - topical analgesics - stool softeners (docusate/lactulose) - anusol packs (shrink them) For 2nd-3rd degree (and refractory 1st degree) -Rubber band ligation Can also have surgery (most effective)
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Treatment for perianal absess?
Insicion and drainage under GA | more common in chrons
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What is anal fissure? | Treatment for anal fissure?
- Painful tear normally caused by straining - 5% lidocaine ointment and GTN ointment (or topical diltiazem) ENCOURAGE BLOOD SUPPLY>HEAL
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How does lactulose work? Classic side effect?
- stool softener - Non-absorbable sugar - stays in the digestive tract - Causing retention of water through osmosis (softer stool) side effect: bloating
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How does senna work? Classic side effect of long term use?
- stimulant - act directly as irritants on the colonic wall to induce fluid secretion and colonic motility side effect: melanosis coli.
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Which laxative can cause hyperkaleamia?
Potassium salts mixed with movicol-so can cause hyperkaleamia
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Which laxative can cause orange urine?
Co-Danthrusate