Liver
The name for a singular engorged vein in the esophagus.
What is a Varix?
This is an over the counter osmotic laxative for the treatment of chronic constipation.
What is Polyethylene Glycol (Mirilax)?
True or false? Medication errors are significant cause of patient harm?
True
This noninvasive test can be used to determine the competency of anal and rectal muscles.
What is Anorectal Manometry?
This can be the cause of a patient waking up post procedurally with respiratory distress, tachypnea, coughing, and loss of oxygen saturation.
What is aspiration?
The skin of a watermelon, a fun fruit, resembles the classic appearance of the antrum when affected by this disease process.
What is GAVE (Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia)?
This is the name of a dietary modification for the treatment of carbohydrate intolerance.
What is a FODMAP diet?
(Fermentable Olivosaccharides,Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols)
This is the name of the calculated score to determine a patient's recovery and readiness for discharge.
What is an Aldrete score?
This is a surgical option for treatment of slow transit constipation.
What is colostomy/ileostomy?
True or false:
A patient can present with severe bleeding coupled with a blood pressure well within the normal range.
True
This is an endoscopically visible sign of esophageal varices, and an indicator of their severity.
What is the White Nipple sign, Red Whale?
This medical condition often seen in diabetics, can be a motility-related cause of distention and bloating.
What is Gastroparesis?
This is a test that a patient can perform to evaluate swallowing motility, with or without the use of an endoscope.
What is Esophageal Manometry or High Resolution Esophageal Manometry?
This nerve is stimulated for the treatment of fecal incontinence.
What is the Sacral Nerve?
These are complications that can be screened for pre-procedurally.
What are:
History & comorbidities
Anticoagulants/antiplatelets
Airway & sedation risk
This artery supplies blood to the small intestine, and parts of the pancreas and large intestine.
What is the Superior Mesenteric Artery?
This diagnostic test is recommended for those who report abdominal bloating with constipation or difficult evacuation.
What is Anorectal Manometry?
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
European: 24 Miles per Hour
African (Mosque): 40 Miles per hour
These are colonic motility agents. (Will accept brand or generic).
What are:
Lubiprostone (Amitiza)
Linaclotide (Linzess)
Naloxegol (Movantik)
Plecanatide (Trulance)
Prucalopride (Motegrity)
A sign of this complication will present as a black crescent beneath the diaphragm.
What is free Intraperitoneal Air?
This is the name for an invasive surgical treatment for refractory cases of Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia.
What is an antrectomy?
This disease affecting the small intestine, can be responsible for bloating and/or distention.
Celiac Disease
This is the classification scheme used to separate different types of motility disorders of the esophagus.
What is the Chicago Classification?
These are surgical treatments for rectal prolapse.
These are symptoms of Post ERCP pancreatitis.
What is new/worsening epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting?