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What is a modality for a patient with significant nighttime GERD sxs?

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H2 blocker at night, PPI during day

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Common viral causes of esophagitis?

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CMV, and HSV

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Common causes of esophagitis with HIV patient?

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
EBV
Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC)

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How to treat HSV esophagitis?

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Acyclovir

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How to treat CMV esophagitis?

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Ganciclovir

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Key feature of Zenker’s diverticulum?

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vomiting undigested food after several hours

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Classic finding on barium swallow in patient with Achalasia?

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“Parrot beak”

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Condition caused by thrombosis of portal vein which leads to esophageal varices?

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Budd-Chiari Syndrome

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What three diseases does H Pylori cause?

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PUD
gastric adenocarcinoma
gastric lymphoma

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Most common cause of peptic ulcer disease?

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H Pylori

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The name of a syndrome which involves a gastrin-secreting tumor that causes hypergastrinemia?

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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How to diagnose Zollinger-Ellison syndrome?

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fasting gastrin level > 150 pg / mL

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What is strongly associated with gastric adenocarcinoma?

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H Pylori

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What is the supraclavicular lymphadenopathy of gastric adenocarcinoma called?

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Virchow’s node

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What is the umbilical nodule of gastric adenocarcinoma called?

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Sister Mary Joseph nodule

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What organism causes the most rapid onset of diarrhea?

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Staph Aureus

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what denotes an inflammatory process in diarrhea?

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stool WBCs

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when should a colonoscopy be ordered in patient with constipation?

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patients > 50 years old with new onset constipation

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What causes most small bowel obstructions?

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adhesions and hernias

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Most common cause of a large bowel obstruction?

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tumor

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What test distinguishes mal-digestion from mal-absorption?

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D-xylose test

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What is the most common genetic condition in the US?

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Celiac

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What are the screening tests for celiac?

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IgA anti-endomysial and anti-tissue transglutaminase

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What is the age of onset for Crohn’s disease?

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Age 25, M = F

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What is possibly curative in Ulcerative Colitis?
Surgery
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What is the most common cause of chronic or recurrent abdominal pain in the US?
IBS
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What is the most common cause of intussusception in a child and adult?
Child: viral infections Adult: neoplasm
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What is the presentation of intussusception?
colicky pain currant jelly stool sausage-like mass
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how do we both diagnose and treat intussusception in a child?
barium or air enema
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how do we diagnose intussusception in an adult?
CT
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What test do we avoid with diverticulitis?
Barium enema
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What is the risk of inheirited polyposis syndrome?
near 100% risk of cancer
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What lab test is used to monitor Colorectal cancer?
carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
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what is the most common cause of appendicitis?
fecalith
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What is the most common emergency surgery?
appendicitis
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what is the initial symptom of appendicitis?
periumbilical or epigastric pain
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Most common causes of pancreatitis?
ETOH | cholelithiasis
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Classic pain pattern of pancreatitis?
epigastric pain radiating to back
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What is bleeding into the flanks called?
Grey Turner sign
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What is bleeding into the umbilical area called?
Cullen's sign
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What is a palpable gallbladder and jaundice called?
Courvoisier sign
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What is the surgical resection of pancreatic cancer called?
Whipple procedure
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What are the complications of choledocholithiasis?
cholecystitis pancreatitis acute cholangitis
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What is Charcot's Triad?
RUQ pain jaundice fever
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What is Charcot's triad, with added hypotension and altered mental status?
Reynold's Pentad
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What is primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with?
Ulcerative Colitis
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What is the only known treatment for primary sclerosing cholangitis?
Liver Transplant
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What represents ongoing Hepatitis B infection
Hep B Surface Antigen
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What represents immunity to Hepatitis B?
Anti-HBs - antibody to HepB Surface Antigen
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What med is used for acetaminophen toxicity?
acetylcysteine
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What is the general cause of a liver abscess?
Entamoeba Histolyica
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What is the liver a common recipient of metastases from?
Lung and Breast
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What diseases cause an elevation of alpha-fetoprotein
Hepatic Carcinoma Hep C Cirrhosis
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What is the location of an indirect inguinal hernia?
Through internal inguinal ring
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Location of a direct inguinal hernia?
Through external ring at Hesselbach's triangle
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What is the basic patient demographic for pyloric stenosis?
5 week old male
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What is the radiographic finding of pyloric stenosis?
String Sign
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What is the disease caused by Vitamin D deficiency?
Rickets
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What is the disease caused by Thiamine deficiency?
Beriberi
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What's another name for Vitamin B6?
Pyridoxine
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What is the problem with pheynlketonuria?
inability to metabolize phenylalanine
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What is the treatment for phenylketonuria?
low phenylalanine diet and tyrosine supplementation.

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