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| This image would show a huge target sign (donut sign) in trans and a pseudokidney shape in sag |
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| This image would show echo free loops; "bubble like" pattern peristalsis |
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| This image would be a target lesion in RLQ; hyperemia; measures more than6-7 mm in diam;noncompressible appx; McBurney's point tenderness |
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| appendicitis (may have appendicolith) |
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| Image with a large calculus and posterior shadow in enlarged hypoechoic space |
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| appendicitis with appendicolith |
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| This image would have a poorly defined hypoechoic lesion; irregular borders in RLQ |
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All of the following are differential dx for an appendiceal abscess EXCEPT:
ruptured adrenal gland
ruptured ectopic pregnancy
tubo-ovarian abscess
twisted ovarian cyst |
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| This image would have a hypoechoic sacculation off of the bowel kind of like the bladder diverticula |
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| This image resembles a cervix in the epigastrium region |
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| hypertrophic pyloric stenosis |
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| What are two labs that might indicate a GI U/S? |
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| Target or pseudokidney sign indicate lesion what % of the time? |
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| When using compression sono, how does abnormal bowel behave? |
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| What does Doppler evaluation help with? |
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increased vascularity=neoplasm or inflamm
decreased vascularity=ischemia or edema |
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| What is the most common malignant tumor of the GI tract? |
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| What is the 3rd leading cause of cancer deaths? |
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| What is the most common tumor of the GI tract in children less than 10 yrs old? |
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| What is the most common cause of acutely painful abd. in the ER? |
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| acute appendicitis; male teens; M;F are = into 20s |
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| What are appendicitis symptoms? |
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periumbilical pain shifting to RLQ
leukocytosis
nausea, vomiting, fever
rebound tenderness |
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| What does perforation lead to? |
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| What does perforation lead to? |
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| What is diverticulitis caused by? |
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| What are 3 categories of obstruction? |
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obturation (due to material in lumen)
intrinsic abnormality (luminal narrowing)
extrinsic lesions (adhesions) |
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| What is the "telescoping" of the bowel called? |
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| What is the most common bowel obstruction in children? |
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intussusception
uncommon in adults
treatment with surgery or air enema |
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| Symptoms of this include rectal bleeding, abd pain, and palpable "sausage shaped mass" |
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| This is hereditary and common in males 4:1; associated with projectile vomiting |
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| hypertrophic pyloric stenosis |
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| Associated with an "olive shape" palpable abdominal mass |
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| hypertrophic pyloric stenosis |
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| Abnormal pyloric canal length measures______; abnormal cross section measures___________ |
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greater than 17-18 mm
greater than 15 mm |
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