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Named after Ludwig Courvoisier, this physical examination finding is positive for the corresponding sign.
What is Palpable Gallbladder?
Mg Citrate and Miralax fall into this category of laxatives
What is osmotic laxatives?
Named after the German ophthalmologists who described it in 1902 and 1903, this diagnostic sign can be seen due to Copper deposition in the Descemet's membrane.
What is a Kayser-Fleischer ring?
A 46 yo female presents with postprandial RUQ pain. A RUQ US was negative for GB stones. What is the next best step?
What is HIDA scan?
If not identified by newborn screening or by "this symptom" at birth, then this disorder presents later in life by growth failure, recurrent sinopulmonary infections and sometimes diabetes ...
What is "meconium ileus"?
Named after John Benjamin Murphy, this specific physical examination finding upon palpation of gallbladder fossa is considered positive for the corresponding sign.
What is cessation of inspiratory effort?
Named after a city, this criteria can be used to diagnose IBS
What is Rome?
Prussian Blue stain can be used to identify the deposition of this element.
What is Iron?
The EGD findings in this type of esophagitis shows circular rings.
What is Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)?
_______ has been shown to decrease the risk of contracting traveler's diarrhea in at risk individuals but has a drawback of frequent dosing up to four times daily and risk of developing black tongue and black stools.
Described first in 1907 by a Danish surgeon, this sign is considered positive when palpation of left iliac fossa elicits pain on the contralateral side.
What is Rovsing's Sign? (Named after Niels Thorkild Rovsing)
This test is the gold standard for reaching the correct diagnosis for a patient with a positive squirt sign.
What is rectal biopsy?
Usually requiring an endoscopy to identify, this aberrance is a dilated submucosal vessel that erodes the overlying epithelium in the absence of a primary ulcer and tends to cause upper GI bleeds
What is a Dieulafoy Lesion
This is test is confirmatory for diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia in older adults.
What is CT angiography?
This type of Bariatric procedure has the most common complication of GERD.
What is Sleeve Gastrectomy?
First described by a British surgeon in 1920, this sign is produced by spread of the pancreatic inflammation from the anterior pararenal space between the posterior renal fascia and subsequently to the lateral edge of the quadratus lumborum muscle.
What is Grey Turner's Sign?
This peds patient presents with postprandial projectile expulsion and apparent peristalsis
What is pyloric stenosis?
This is the most common cause for the disorder that classically shows up as a "target sign" on an ultrasound
What is Idiopathic?
This is a rare disorder that occurs in very low birth weight, premature infants presenting with bloody stools and having classic X-ray findings of pneumatosis intestinalis.
What is Necrotizing enterocolitis?
This condition develops at 2-4 weeks of life with progressive jaundice and elevated direct bilirubin due to obliteration of Extrahepatic Bile Duct.
What is Biliary Atresia?
Named after Charles McBurney, this is the anatomical location of McBurney's point, where one can elicit McBurney's sign to help diagnose Acute Appendicitis.
What is one-third of the distance from the anterior superior iliac spine to the umbilicus? Or conversely, two third of the distance from the umbilicus to the ASIS.
Lactulose rids the body of ammonia by converting it into this ion
What is ammonium?
Named after two pathologists, these bodies can be seen in the liver in various conditions such as liver cirrhosis, Wilson's disease, hepatitis B and C, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
A 60 yo AAF with history of chronic PPI use and tobacco dependence presents with chronic non-bloody diarrhea. A colonoscopy done was normal, but biopsy done was showed lymphocytic infiltration in the epithelium. What is the most likely diagnosis?
What is Microscopic Colitis?
This drug is used for symptom relief for a pregnant patient who is in her late second trimester and is experiencing intense itching, generalized pruritus especially in palms and soles and skin excoriations.
What is Ursodeoxycholic acid (aka Ursodiol)?