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The medicine subspecialty
devoted to the study, diagnosis and treatment of
diseases and disorders of the digestive system |
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| What are the GI cancers that affect our population? |
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| Colorectal, Liver and Pancreas) |
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| What are the three categories for GI diseases? |
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1. Luminal
2. Glandular
3. Functional |
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| Luminal GI disorders primarily affect |
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| the lining of the GI tract |
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| What are the 4 categories of Luminal GI disorders? |
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1. Motility disorders
2. Inflammatory peptic acid related
3. Inflammatory non-acid related
4. Neoplasia |
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| What happens to patients with achalasia? |
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| Improper firing or degeneration of nerves in the myenteric plexus |
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| Name the inflammatory peptic acid related diseases |
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1. Barrett’s
2. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
3. peptic ulcer disease
4. gastritis
5. H. pylori
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| What are some causes of peptic esophagitis? |
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1. Acid Reflux
2. Hiatal Hernia
3. Pill Induced |
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| What is Barrett's Esophagus? |
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Definition
| A pre-malignant condition in which the stratified squamous epithelium of the esophagus undergo metaplasia into the columnar epithelium resembling the cardia of the stomach |
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• Gram negative rods
• Acid loving critters
• Responsible for >95% of all gastric and duodenal ulcer disease
• Prior to H. pylori being recognized as a GI pathogen, most ulcer disease was attributed to NSAID’s, diet and acid disorders
• Barry Marshall, an Australian GI put H. pylori on the map in 1982. He received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for this major contribution to the
field.
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| What are some inflammatory non-acid related diseases? |
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Definition
-Celiac Disease or Sprue (tropical and non-tropical celiac disease)
-Whipple’s disease
-Inflammatory bowel disease (e.g. Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s Disease)
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| How do you differentiate between acid and non-acid related inflammatory disorders? |
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| What would you see in a patient with Crohn's Disease? |
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| granuloma anywhere along the GI tract |
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| Where does Celiac Disease usually occur? |
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Definition
| In Small Bowel, with malabsorptive symptoms or less severe symptoms |
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| What results in the formation of esophageal varices? |
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| Liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension |
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Definition
| Duodenal Ulcers (by H. pylori OR Zellinger-Ellison Syndrome) |
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| What are some examples of glandular pathology of the GI? |
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• Pancreas
Inflammatory
Neoplastic
• Liver
Hepatocellular
Cholestatic
Vascular
Neoplastic
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract
Gallstones
Inflammatory
Neoplastic
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| What are some examples of functional bowel disease? |
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• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Aberrant appetite (including pica and
trichophagia)
• Eating disorders (Anorexia nervosa, Bulemia)
• Cyclical Vomiting
• Encopresis
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