Stephanie Shared "Upper GI System" - 5 Picmonics
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Upper GI System
- Histological findings
- Metaplasia in Lower Esophagus
- Columnar Epithelium
- Associated Pathologies
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Esophagitis
- Esophageal Ulcers
- Increased Risk of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
- Cause
- Intestinal Mucosa Damage
- Ingestion Wheat, Barley, Rye
- Assessment
- GI Distress
- Steatorrhea
- Weight Loss
- Dermatitis Herpetiformis
- Interventions
- Gluten-free Diet
- Considerations
- Screening
- Gallstones (cholelithiasis)
- Increased cholesterol and/or Increased bilirubin
- Decreased bile salts could cause stones
- Risk factors: Fat, Female, Fertile, Forty
- Estrogen: Induces cholesterol secretion
- Progesterone: Gallbladder hypomotility
- Cholesterol stones: Radiolucent
- Pigment stones: Radiopaque = Calcium bilirubinate or Hemolysis
- Pigment stone: Radiolucent (Brown) = Infection
- Biliary colic: Neurohormonal activation by CCK
- Painless in diabetes
- Cholesterol stones seen in: Obesity, Crohn's Advanced Age, Estrogen Therapy, Multiparity, Rapid Weight Loss, Native American
- Pigment stones caused by: Crohn's, Chronic hemolysis, Alcoholic cirrhosis, Advanced age, Biliary infections, TPN
- Cholecystitis
- Acute or chronic inflammation of gallbladder usually from cholelithiasis (stone at neck of gallbladder
- Gallbladder wall thickening (yellow arrows)
- Commonly block the cystic duct
- Can be caused by primary CMV infection
- Positive Murphy Sign (inspiratory arrest on RUQ palpation due to pain
- Diagnose with Ultrasound or Cholescintigraphy (HIDA - Hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid scan)
- Cholecystitis can lead to porcelain gallbladder -> usually found on imaging -> must remove due to high rate of gallbladder cancer
- Cholangitis
- Cholangitis is infection of the biliary tract
- Charcot triad of cholangitis: Jaundice, Fever, RUQ pain
- Increased ALP
- Tx: ERCP
- NPO with NG Tube to Suction
- Pain Management
- Albumin
- Lactated Ringers Solution
- Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)
- Antibiotics
- Surgery
- Nutrition
- "-prazole" Suffix
- Indications
- Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
- Gastritis
- Peptic Ulcer
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Mechanism
- Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)
- Inhibit H+/K+/ATPase
- Side Effects
- Hip Fracture
- Pneumonia
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