Gastroenterology & Hepatology — Flashcards

Offer an urgent upper GI _____ to assess for gastric cancer in patients with dysphagia or ≥ 55 years old with weight loss and upper abdominal pain, reflux, or dyspepsia

Gastric cancer can present in _____ stages with epigastric pain, unintentional weight loss, IDA, dysphagia, N&V, hematemesis, melena

_____ is a malignant tumour arising from the stomach lining

What are modifiable risk factors for gastric adenocarcinoma? _____

Hint: 2

Inspection of a peritonitic abdomen may reveal _____ with the patient motionless & knees flexed

What is the management for a peritonitic abdomen? _____ Surgical intervetion → typically urgent explorative laparotomy

Gastric cancer can present nonspecifically in _____ stages with mild dyspepsia, epigastric discomfort, & ↓ appetitie

_____ is inflammation of the peritoneum

A Japanese patient with epigastric pain, weight loss, ↓ appetitie, & iron deficiency anaemia, what is the most likely diagnosis? _____

Hint: ?Diagnosis

Management for resectable/localized gastric cancer is _____.