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What are the two types of peptic ulcer disease?

What are the differences?

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  1. Gastric - deep penetrating lesion extending beyond the mucosa (less common). Less symtpomatic, is aggravated by food and associated with weight loss. Burning epigastric pain
  2. Duodenal - usually multiple lesions occurring near pylorus (more common)
    Relieved by food as there is a dull ache on empty stomach. Associated with weight gain
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Causes of peptic ulcer disease?

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Crohn's
H.pylori
Chronic illness (CKD)
NSAID use
Zollinger- Ellison syndrom
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What are alarm signals of dyspepsia that would initiate a referral?

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GI bleed
Weight loss
Coffee ground vomit
Abdo swelling
Difficulty swallowing
OTC meds don't work
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What are the NICE guidelines for unvestigated dyspepsia?

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  • H.pylori testing
  • If no response to lifestyle, full dose PPI for 1 month
  • If no response to PPI, h2 receptor antagonist for 1 month or prokinetic (domperidone)

1st choice PPI = omeprazole 20mg OD

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What is H.pylori?

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  • Gram -ve, rod shaped
  • Unipolar flagella gives it motility
  • Resides between gastric epithelium and mucous gel layer of stomach
  • Found in most patients with PUD
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How do you test for H.pylori?

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13C-urea test as h.pylori breaks down urea and release carbon dioxide after ingestion of 13-C urea

Shouldn’t be performed within 4 weeks of anti-bacterial or within 2 weeks of anti-secretory

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What is 1st line for H.pylori?

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7 day triple therapy:

PPI + 2 ABX

(amoxicillin/metronidazole/clarithromycin)

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What is 2nd line for H.pylori?

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Quadruple therapy for 2 weeks:

Tetracycline 500mg QDS
Metronidazole 400mg TDS
Full dose PPI

And another ABX that was different to the last course of treatment

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How do you reduce the risk of NSAID related GI bleeds?

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  • PPI
  • Paracetamol as baseline analgesic
  • Use lower risk NSAID (ibuprofen)
  • Review need for NSAID
  • Switch to COX-2 selective inhibitor (long term risks such as cardio)
  • Lowest effective dose for shortest time
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What are the risks of PPIs?

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  • C.difficile
  • Masks other symptoms
  • Fracture risks
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What is Crohn’s disease?

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  • Affects any part of the GI tract
  • Patchy inflammation- cobble stone/granular appearance
  • Defined by local pattern
  • Inflammatory, fistulating structures
  • CARD gene
  • Has a small bowel obstruction risk
  • Life expectancy is reduced
  • Redness and oedema in mucosal lining
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What is ulcerative colitis?

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  • Mucosal inflammation
  • Limied to the colon
  • Distal (rectum) or extensive disease
  • Not associated with fistulae
  • HCA gene
  • Severe diarrhoea with blood and mucous (fluid/electrolyte imbalance risk)
  • Anaemia
  • Better outcome with surgery than CD
  • Most cases are left sides

Found that smoking is protective

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IBD patients and their pharmacology

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  • Enhanced production of cytokines and chemokines IL-12 IL-18 and TNFa
  • Have activated and acquired T and B cells and loss of tolerance to commensal bacteria
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Surgery can be used to help with CD. What procedures are they?

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  • Using balloon to open up the tract

- Can cut open the narrowing part of the tract and sew it the other way

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What are fistulae?

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Abnormal pathways to organs

Can be enterenteric (between the colon) which is not a massive problem, however it can be from colon to vagina resulting in an infection

  • Can also have extra passages from colon to anus which are painful
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What are the respective disease activity scores for CD and UC?

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CD - Harvey Bradshaw Index

UC - Simple colitis activity index

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What investigations are needed for UC and CD?

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  • Disease activity score
  • BP, temperature, abdo tenderness
  • Stools to rule out cultures such as C.difficile
  • History (FH, travel, medication)
  • Electrolytes, iron, FBC
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What extraintestinal diseases can cause IBD?

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  • Osteoporosis

- Anklyosing Spondylitis

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What is the treatment for mild-moderate CD to induce remission?

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  1. Oral steroids
    (prednisolone)
  2. Budesonide/5-ASA if
    prednisolone not tolerated
May need add on therapy:
1. Azathioprine/
Mercaptopurine
2. Methotrexate
If>2 exacerbations in 12
months OR steroids
cannot be weaned
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What is the treatment for severe CD to induce remission?

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  1. Glucocorticosteroids
    (PO/IV)
  2. Infliximab Adalimumab
  3. Vedolizumab

(Biologicals can take 1-2 weeks to work)

May need add on therapy:

  1. Azathioprine/
    Mercaptopurine
  2. Methotrexate
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What is the treatment for fistulating disease to induce remission?

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  1. Antibiotics/ drainage
  2. Infliximab

May need add on therapy:

  1. Azathioprine/6MP
  2. Infliximab
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What is 1st and 2nd line maintenance therapy for all stages of CD?

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  1. Azathiopurine/mercaptopurine

2. Metotrexate

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Other than 1st and 2nd line therapy, what can be used as maintenance therapy for CD?

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-Infliximab for severe and fistulating disease

Vedolizumab can also be used in severe CD

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What is the treatment for mild UC to induce remission?

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1. Oral mesalazine (topical 5-
ASA either alone or in
combination if L-sided
disease).
Up to 4.8grams per day
  1. Oral steroids if 5-ASA
    ineffective (Prednisolone or
    beclomethasone)
  2. Immunosuppressants (AZA,
    6-MP) add-on if steroid
    therapy often required
  3. Tacrolimus
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What is the treatment for moderate UC to induce remission?
1. Oral/ Intravenous steroids (5 days) 2. ciclosporin 3. IFX, Adalimumab, Golimumab, Vedolizumab
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What is the treatment for fulimant in UC?
Life threatening and needs surgery as it impacts entire colon and causes very severe pain
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What is the maintenance therapy in mild UC?
``` 1. Oral or topical 5-ASA Minimum or daily dose: mesalazine 2.4grams sulphasalazine 2000mg olsalazine 1000mg ``` 2. Azathioprine,Mercaptopurine 3. Tacrolimus
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What is the maintenance therapy in moderate severe UC?
1. Azathioprine, 6MP, 2. Infliximab, Golimumab, Adalimumab, Vedolizumab
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What is the role of corticosteroids in IBD?
- Used only to induce remission in acute flares - Has no role in maintenance - ADRs if used for more than 12 weeks - Reduce dose over 8 weeks to avoid relapse
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When would you escalate therapy of IBD and consider immunsuppressant therapy?
- No response to steroids - > 2 steroid courses in 12 months - Relapse if corticosteroid has been weaned (especially within 12 months)
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What is budesonide?
- Used mainly in CD - Alternative to prednisolone - Extensive 1st pass metabolism
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What are aminosalicylates (5-ASA)?
- Usually topically acting rather than systemically which for UC that is a disease in colon and rectum. Foams, enemas, suppositories - Mesalazine - Sulphasalazine (5-ASA + sulphapyridine linked by azo bond) -
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What are the s/e of 5-ASA?
- Headaches - Dry skin - Many are dose related and dose just needs reducing REVERSIBLE MALE INFERTILITY WITH SULPHASALAZINE
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What is azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine?
- Immunosuppressant therapy used in steroid dependent/resistant patients - Has a slow onset so use steroids for 8-12 weeks as well so cannot be used for monotherapy in active disease - Can lead to mucosal healing - Inhibits ribonucleotide synthesis - Metabolised to active thioguanine molecules - Azathiopurine is a prodrug of mercaptopurine as the presence of imidazole ring increases bioavailiability
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What is important when deciding a dose for azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine?
TMPT levels (Thiopurine methyltransferase) which helps to metabolise these drugs
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What are adverse effects of immunosuppressants?
- Flu-like symptoms - Fatique, nausea - Bone marrow suppression - Monitor FBC, LFT - Liver toxicity
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What is the role of methotrexate in IBD therapy?
- Once a week - Folic acid to counteract ADRs - Remission is 25mg/week - Maintenance is 15mg/week - Important to measure methotrexate polyglutamate levels as it takes 8 weeks to reach steady state - Monitor FBC, LFTs and lung function
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What are the side effects of methotrexate?
- Mouth ulcers - Bone marrow suppression - Teratogenic
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What is ciclosporin?
- Only used in UC - Immunosuppressant - Given as IV infusion inititially, then oral - Minitor BP, FBC, LFT
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What is tacrolimus?
- Moderate-severe UC - Oral - Immunosuppressant - Not well tolerated so is a hospital medication only - Nephrotoxicity risk
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What is infliximab?
- Genetically engineered murine-human chimeric monocloncal antibody - Review after 2nd or 3rd dose - Infusion over 2 hours , given every 8 weeks - Escalate doses if no response or switch to adalimumab - Anti-TNFa activity - expensive - Eventually, patient will develop antibodies for it - Reactivation of latent infections
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What is adalimumab?
- Fully humanised anti-TNF monoclonal antibody so has less s/e and less risk of developing antibodies - Can be self-administered at home (s/c injection) - Weekly - Immunsuppressive therapy should be given as well if possible
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How often is vedolizumab?
8 weekly infusion
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Biologics are c/i when?
- Active infections - Heart failure - Known hypersensitivity to drug Pre-screening is needed (TB, blood counts) . Reassess patient every 12 months
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How often is golimumab?
- 4 weekly s/c injection Only for UC
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What ABX are used in IBD?
- Metronidazole to prevent relapse after surgery. It isn't used regularly due to peripheral neuropathy - Rifampicin
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What adjunctive treatment is used in IBD?
 Smoking cessation - CD  Diet (elemental, low FODMAP)  Antimotility and antispasmodic drugs eg. codeine, loperamide – limited use (short-term symptomatic use in nmild exacerbations), may induce toxic megacolon in UC  Diarrhoea - cholestyramine if due to bile salt malabsorption, esp after small bowel surgery  Iron and vitamins  Stress management
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What are the indications for surgery in IBD?
UC: - unresponsive to medical therapy - toxic megacolon - colorectal cancer CD: - unresponsive to medical therapy - Disease is treatable by surgery - severe perianal infection, cancer, obstruction, fistula, abscess, strictures
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What are the risks of IBD surgery?
``` - faecal incontinence, - prolapse - anastomotic stricture/leak, - - stoma - short bowel syndrome ```
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What are the surgery options in UC?
UC:  Colectomy (total or partial)  Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis as an alternative to a stoma (to allow patients to have some anal function)  UC is a surgically curable disease if the entire colorectal mucosa is removed However, risk of infection (pouchitis)

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