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N881 Week 10: GI
Peptic Ulcer Disease Assessment
- Mechanism/Cause
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Increased Stomach Acid
- Assessment
- Abdominal Pain
- Heartburn (Pyrosis)
- Melena
- Weight Changes
- GI Distress
- Considerations
- Most Commonly in Duodenum
- Duodenal: Pain Relieved by Eating
- Gastric: Pain Caused by Eating
2 mins
Peptic Ulcer Disease Interventions
- Combination Drug Therapy
- Two Antibiotics
- Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)
- Decrease Acid Secretion
- Avoid NSAIDs
- Diet and Lifestyle Changes
1 min
Helicobacter Pylori
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Curved
- Polar Flagellum
- Catalase-Positive
- Oxidase-Positive
- Disease
- Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers
- Ammonia
- Neutral Environment
- Gastric Adenocarcinoma
- MALT lymphoma
- Diagnosis
- Serology IgG antibody
- Stool Antigen
- Urease Positive Breath Test
- Biopsy
- Treatment
- 2 ABX and PPI
2 mins
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Assessment
- Abdominal Pain
- Relieved by Defecation
- Alternating Diarrhea and Constipation
- Fatigue
- Excessive Flatulence
- Sensation of Incomplete Evacuation
- Considerations
- Stressors
- Food Intolerances
- More Common in Women
- Rule Out Other Disorders
2 mins
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Interventions
- Interventions
- Identify Triggers
- Increase Fiber Intake
- Probiotics
- Anticholinergics
- Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs)
- Loperamide
- Linaclotide
- Medications for Women
- Tegaserod (Zelnorm)
- Lubiprostone (Amitiza)
- Alosetron (Lotronex)
2 mins
Ulcerative Colitis Associations
- Associations
- Toxic Megacolon
- Colorectal Carcinoma
- Anterior Uveitis
- Pyoderma Gangrenosum
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- P-ANCA
1 min
Ulcerative Colitis Characteristics
- Autoimmune
- Mucosal and Submucosal Only
- Rectal Involvement
- Stepwise Lesions
- Friable Pseudopolyp
- Crypt Abscess
- Loss of Haustra
- Lead Pipe Appearance
- Bloody Diarrhea
2 mins
Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome Disease
- Pathophysiology
- Gastrin-Secreting Tumor
- Increased Gastric Acid
- Recurrent Peptic Ulcers
- MEN Type 1
- Symptoms
- Abdominal Pain
- Heartburn (Pyrosis)
- Diarrhea
3 mins
Crohn's Disease Assessment
- Diarrhea
- Diarrhea
- Diarrhea
- 5-6 per day
- 5-6 per day
- 5-6 per day
- Cramping Abdominal Pain
- Cramping Abdominal Pain
- Cramping Abdominal Pain
- Fever
- Fever
- Fever
- Weight Loss
- Weight Loss
- Weight Loss
- Malabsorption
- Malabsorption
- Malabsorption
- Anemia
- Anemia
- Anemia
- Complications
- Complications
- Complications
- Obstruction
- Obstruction
- Obstruction
- Fistulas
- Fistulas
- Fistulas
2 mins
Crohn's Disease Characteristics
- Terminal Ileum and Colon
- Terminal Ileum and Colon
- Rectal Sparing
- Rectal Sparing
- Transmural Inflammation
- Transmural Inflammation
- Granulomas
- Granulomas
- Skip Lesions
- Skip Lesions
- Cobblestone Mucosa
- Cobblestone Mucosa
- Fissures
- Fissures
- Fistulas
- Fistulas
- Perianal Disease
- Perianal Disease
- Creeping Fat
- Creeping Fat
- Lymphoid Aggregates
- Lymphoid Aggregates
- String Sign on Barium Swallow
- String Sign on Barium Swallow
2 mins
Crohn's Symptoms and Associations
- Diarrhea
- Malabsorption
- Bile-Wasting
- Pigment Gallstones
- Oxalate Kidney Stones
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Erythema Nodosum
- Uveitis
- Migratory Polyarthritis
2 mins
Cirrhosis Assessment
- Mechanism
- Mechanism
- Degeneration and Destruction of Liver Cells
- Degeneration and Destruction of Liver Cells
- Signs and Symptoms
- Signs and Symptoms
- Jaundice
- Jaundice
- Fatigue
- Fatigue
- Palmar Erythema
- Palmar Erythema
- Spider Angiomas
- Spider Angiomas
- Hepatosplenomegaly
- Hepatosplenomegaly
- Edema
- Edema
- Gynecomastia
- Gynecomastia
- Change in LOC
- Change in LOC
2 mins
Cirrhosis Interventions
- Interventions
- Maintain Nutrition
- Paracentesis
- Esophageal and Gastric Varices
- Drug Therapy
- Endoscopic Band Ligation or Sclerotherapy
- Balloon Tamponade
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
- Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Lactulose
- Antibiotics
2 mins
Complications of Cirrhosis
- Portal Hypertension
- Portal Hypertension
- Portal Hypertension
- Portal Hypertension
- Ascites
- Ascites
- Ascites
- Ascites
- Esophageal Varices
- Esophageal Varices
- Esophageal Varices
- Esophageal Varices
- Coagulation Defects
- Coagulation Defects
- Coagulation Defects
- Coagulation Defects
- Portal-Systemic Encephalopathy
- Portal-Systemic Encephalopathy
- Portal-Systemic Encephalopathy
- Portal-Systemic Encephalopathy
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
1 min
Cholecystitis Assessment
- RUQ Pain
- Referred Shoulder Pain
- Clay Colored Stools
- Jaundice
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Dyspepsia (Indigestion)
- Fever
- Considerations
- Increased WBCs
- Fatty or Spicy Foods
- Ultrasound
2 mins
Cholecystitis Interventions
- Supportive Therapy
- Supportive Therapy
- Antibiotics
- Antibiotics
- Low Fat Diet
- Low Fat Diet
- NG Tube
- NG Tube
- Analgesics
- Analgesics
- Lithotripsy
- Lithotripsy
- Cholecystectomy
- Cholecystectomy
- T Tube
- T Tube
2 mins
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Assessment
- Pathophysiology
- Relaxed Lower Esophageal Sphincter
- Signs and Symptoms
- Dyspepsia (Indigestion)
- Belching
- Nighttime Coughing
- Dysphagia
- Epigastric Pain
- Regurgitation
- Heartburn (Pyrosis)
- Globus
2 mins
Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs)
- -sartan suffix
- Indications
- Hypertension
- CHF
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Mechanism of Action
- Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers
- Side Effect
- Hyperkalemia
- Contraindication
- Pregnancy
1 min
