Etiology
Organism that is the most common cause of PUD
Helicobacter pylori
Pharyngoesophageal pouch causing dysphagia and halitosis
Zenker's Diverticulum
Persistent vomiting after ETOH binge + upper GI bleed
Mallory-Weiss Syndrome
Enzyme that is elevated in ETOH Hepatitis
AST
Treatment of anorectal abscess
Incision & drainage
5 risk factors for Cholelithiasis
Fair, fat, female, forty, fertile
Hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the pyloric muscles, causing a functional gastric outlet obstruction
Pyloric stenosis
Duodenal ulcer
Barium esophagram with "bird's beak" appearance of the LES
Achalasia
Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency
Ergocalciferol
Most common organism in Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
E. coli
Wilson's Disease
Dermatitis herpetiformis
In contrast to diverticulitis, diverticulosis is the most common cause of acute lower GI bleeding in adults. What is the test of choice for diverticulosis?
Colonoscopy
Initial management of neonatal jaundice
Phototherapy
Most common cause of Thiamine (B1) deficiency
Chronic alcoholism
Autosomal recessive disorder of amino acid metabolism associated with phenylketone neurotoxicity due to accumulation of phenylalanine in urine and blood
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
fever/chills + RUQ pain + jaundice
Acute ascending cholangitis
Diagnosed by isolated conjugated hyperbilirubinemia and grossly black liver on biopsy
Dubin-Johnson Syndrome
Pharmaceutical prevention of rebleed from esophageal varices
Nonselective beta blockers (Nadolol or Propranolol)
Most commonly due to transient systemic hypotension or atherosclerosis involving the superior & inferior mesenteric arteries
Ischemic colitis
Cerebral dysfunction and encephalopathy due to bilirubin deposition in brain tissue
Kernicterus
Triad of Plummer-Vinson Syndrome
dysphagia, esophageal webs, iron deficiency anemia
Diagnostic test of choice for Boerhaave Syndrome
Contrast Esophagram
Management of Crigler-Najjar Type I
Phototherapy