Peptic Ulcer Disease
This bacterium is the most common cause of peptic ulcer disease.
What is Helicobacter pylori?
Name one type of food that can worsen GERD symptoms.
What are spicy foods, fatty foods, peppermint, tomatoes, or citrus fruits?
Pyloric stenosis most commonly affects this age group.
What are infants?
Infants with a cleft palate may require this special type of bottle for feeding.
What is a bottle with a one way valve?
Esophageal atresia is a condition where the esophagus does not connect to this organ.
What is the stomach?
Patients with this type of ulcer often experience pain that worsens after eating.
What is a gastric ulcer?
The medical term for heartburn, a common symptom of GERD.
What is pyrosis/dyspepsia?
The classic sign of pyloric stenosis is this.
What is projectile vomiting?
Cleft lip repair is typically performed within this age range.
What is 2-3 months?
Frothy bubbles in the mouth, coughing, and choking during feeding are hallmark signs of this condition.
What is esophageal atresia?
This diagnostic procedure allows direct visualization of ulcers and can obtain a sample to test for H. pylori.
What is Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)?
Patients with GERD should avoid lying down for this many hours after eating.
What is 3 hours?
This imaging study is commonly used to confirm pyloric stenosis.
What is abdominal ultrasound?
Children with cleft palate are at increased risk for this type of infection.
What is an ear infection?
This imaging method is used to diagnose esophageal atresia.
What is an X-ray?
This class of medication inhibits gastric acid secretion and is a key part of peptic ulcer disease management.
What are proton pump inhibitors?
Chronic GERD can lead to this precancerous condition of the esophagus.
What is Barrett Esophagus?
The presence of this olive-shaped mass in the right upper quadrant is a hallmark sign of pyloric stenosis.
What is a hypertrophied pylorus?
Children with cleft palate may develop this characteristic speech pattern.
What is a nasally voice?
This surgical procedure is required to correct tracheoesophageal fistula.
What is fistula division and closure?
A rigid, board-like abdomen with severe epigastric pain may indicate this life-threatening complication of peptic ulcer disease.
What is perforation?
This surgical procedure is performed to reinforce the lower esophageal sphincter in severe GERD cases.
What is Nissen fundoplication?
The surgical procedure used to correct pyloric stenosis.
What is a pyloromyotomy?
After cleft lip surgery, infants should be placed in this position to avoid airway obstruction.
What is on their back?
After surgery for esophageal atresia, an infant may require this type of feeding until the esophagus heals.
What are gastrostomy feedings?