Gastroenterology & Hepatology — Flashcards

Flashcard 381: Acute cholangitis will have _____ CRP, ↑ WCC & may have +ve blood cultures

Answer: ↑

Flashcard 382: On examination, pain in appendicitis localizes to _____ (tenderness at the junction of the lateral 1/3 and medial 2/3 of a line drawn from the right anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) to the umbilicus).

Answer: McBurney's point

Flashcard 383: What is the management for acute cholecystitis? _____ Laparoscopic cholecystectomy within 1 week

Answer: IV antibiotics

Flashcard 384: The second most common cause of ascites is _____ ~10%

Answer: malignancy

Flashcard 385: _____ is intestinal hypomotility WITHOUT bowel obstruction, subsequently leading to "functional" bowel obstruction

Answer: Paralytic ileus

Flashcard 386: Mesenteric adenitis typically improves and almost always clears up within _____

Answer: two weeks

Flashcard 387: What is the management of symptomatic gallstones? _____

Answer: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Flashcard 388: Abdominal distension from ascites presents with _____, weight gain, dyspnoea, & discomfort

Answer: early satiety

Flashcard 389: Initial management of acute cholangitis involves fluid resuscitation and _____.

Answer: empiric IV antibiotics (e.g., Piperacillin/Tazobactam)

Extra: Definitive management of acute cholangitis requires biliary decompression, typically via ERCP. Fluids and IV antibiotics are the immediate initial steps for stabilization.

Flashcard 390: What is the first-line investigation for symptomatic gallstones? _____ Abdominal ultrasound

Answer: LFTs