Imaging study of choice for diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis
MRCP
Maddrey discriminant function (DF) at which patients may benefit from glucocorticoids
DF value ≥32
Patients with celiac disease have increased prevalence of this colitis
Microscopic colitis
Initial diagnostic test of choice for suspected Budd-Chiari syndrome
Doppler ultrasonography
Commonly prescribed drug class for portal hypertension that is associated with worse prognosis in patients who develop spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Beta-blocker
Eponym for effort rupture of the esophagus
Boerhaave syndrome
Etiology of gastroparesis accounting for approximately half of all cases
Idiopathic
Three drugs used to treat type 1 hepatorenal syndrome in US
Midodrine, Octreotide and Albumin
Best test to diagnose oropharyngeal dysphagia
Modified barium swallow
Likely cause of diarrhea and weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
Two reasons for a positive HCV antibody test and negative HCV RNA test
False-positive test result and cleared HCV infection
Diagnosis for isolated indirect hyperbilirubinemia and normal hemoglobin level
Gilbert's dz
Pancreatic disease associated with parotid gland enlargement and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
Autoimmune pancreatitis (IgG4 disease)
Preferred serological screening test for celiac disease
IgA tissue transglutaminase antibody test
Subcutaneously administered opioid antagonist approved for opioid-induced constipation
Methylnaltrexone (Relistor)
Diagnosis associated with acute upper abdominal pain, vomiting, and an inability to pass a nasogastric tube
Gastric Volvulus
Two most common nonmucosal cutaneous manifestations of chronic inflammatory bowel disease
Erythema nodosum and pyoderma gangrenosum
Receipt of a blood transfusion prior to this date is a risk factor for hepatitis C infection
1992
Therapy used to decrease risk of acute renal failure in pt's with SBP
Albumin
Acute onset of lateral abdominal pain in older patient, followed by diarrhea, bleeding, and this sigmoidoscopy finding
Ischemic colitis
SAAG and ascitic protein concentration thresholds associated with nephrotic syndrome
SAAG ≤ 1.1; Protein ≤ 2.5 g/dL
Sigmoidoscopic finding associated with anthraquinone laxative abuse
Melanosis coli
Excluding hepatitis B DNA, three serological markers associated with the early phase of hepatitis B infection
HBsAg, HBeAg, IgM anti-HBc
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score identifying cirrhosis patients who will benefit from liver transplantation
MELD score ≥15
Hematological disorder found in 50% of patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome
Myeloproliferative disorder