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Physiology
What is the function of gastric a...,
What mechanisms control gastric a...,
Where is gastrin secreted from 3
61
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GI: GORD + Oesophageal Disorders
List oeseophageal disease investi...,
Causes of dysphagia 2,
What is gord 3
90
cards
GI: Oesophageal cancer
What are the types of cancer that...,
What are risk factors of carcinom...,
What risk factors is oesophageal ...
25
cards
GI: Dysphagia
What is dysphagia 1,
What is odynophagia 2,
What are the 5 key questions you ...
15
cards
GI: Gastric ulceration and H. Pylori
Differential of dyspepsia 1,
What are risk factors for the dev...,
What is a peptic ulcer 3
36
cards
GI: Gastritis and Gastropathy
What is gastritis 1,
What is gastropathy 2,
Aetiology of gastritis 3
11
cards
GI: Gastric cancer
What is the most common cause of ...,
What are risk factors for the dev...,
Which sex is gastric carcinoma mo...
22
cards
GI: GI bleeding
What is haematemesis 1,
What is malaena 2,
What are causes of maleana 3
52
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GI: Colorectal polyps and cancer
What is the most common type of c...,
Describe the adenoma carcinoma se...,
What proportion of presentation o...
83
cards
GI: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
What are the two major forms of i...,
What environmental factors are as...,
What is thought to be the primary...
105
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GI: Anorectal disorders
What is pruritis ani 1,
What can cause pruritis ani 2,
How would you treat someone with ...
66
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GI: Coeliac Disease
What is coeliac disease 1,
What is gluten 2,
How does gluten cause an immune r...
25
cards
GI: Functional GI disease and IBS
What chronic gi symptoms are sugg...,
What is globus 2,
What is functional dyspepsia 3
28
cards
GI: Constipation
Causes of constipation 1,
What is the general definition of...,
What might constipation rectal bl...
31
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GI: Diarrhoea
What is diarrhoea 1,
What would you want to establish ...,
What would you want to ask in the...
102
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GI: Nausea and Vomiting
What would you want to ask in rel...,
What are gi causes of vomiting 2,
What are cns causes of vomiting 3
30
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GI: The Acute Abdomen
What is an acute abdomen 1,
What clinical syndromes can prese...,
What are surgical causes of an ac...
75
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Hepato-biliary: Jaundice and Liver function assessment
What is the definintion of jaundi...,
At what bilirubin level does jaun...,
How are red blood cells broken do...
85
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Hepato-biliary: Alcoholism
How does alcohol act as a drug 1,
What is the physiology behind the...,
What is the physiology behind the...
125
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Hepato-biliary: Hereditary Haemochromatosis
What is hereditary haemochromatos...,
Who does haemochromatosis most co...,
What gene is responsible for haem...
27
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Hepato-biliary: Wilson's Disease
What is wilson s disease 1,
How is copper absorbed 2,
How is copper transported to the ...
22
cards
Hepato-biliary: More metabolic
What is nash 1,
Aetiology nash 2,
When is a liver considered fatty 3
7
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Hepato-biliary: Autoimmune
Sequence of events in autoimmune ...,
3 types of autoimmune hepatitis a...,
Presenation autoimmune hepatitis 3
20
cards
Hepato-biliary: Liver failure
What is the definition of liver f...,
What is fulminant hepatic failure 2,
What are causes of fulminant hepa...
43
cards
Hepato-biliary: Cirrhosis
What is cirrhosis 1,
What are causes of cirrhosis 2,
What are signs of liver cirrhosis 3
61
cards
Hepato-biliary: Liver Cancer
What liver disease is liver cance...,
What tymour makrer is associated ...,
What proportion of liver tumours ...
31
cards
Hepato-biliary: Hepatitis
How is hepatitis a spread 1,
What is the incubation period for...,
What are non viral infections whi...
81
cards
Hepato-biliary: Gallbladder and Biliary tree Disease
What is primary sclerosing cholan...,
What is primary sclerosing cholan...,
What is the main pathophysiologic...
51
cards
Hepato-biliary: Gallstones, Acute cholecystitis and ascending cholangitis
What is cholecystitis 1,
What is biliary colic 2,
What is cholangitis 3
90
cards
Hepato-biliary: Acute pancreatitis
What is acute pancreatitis 1,
What are the clinical phases of a...,
What are causes of acute pancreat...
100
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Hepato-biliary: Chronic Pancreatitis
What is chronic pancreatitis 1,
What is the pathogenesis of chron...,
What are causes of chronic pancre...
18
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Hepato-biliary: Pancreatic cancer
What sex does pancreatic carcinom...,
What age range does pancreatic ca...,
What are risk factors for develop...
32
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Gen Surg: Hernias
What is a hernia 1,
What is meant if a hernia is irre...,
What is meant when a hernia is de...
55
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Gen Surg: Intestinal obstruction
What is the definition of intesti...,
What is meant by dynamic intestin...,
What is adynamic intestinal obstr...
96
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Gen Surg: Bowel ischaemia
What are the 3 main types of bowe...,
What is acute mesenteric ischaemia 2,
What are causes of acute mesenter...
24
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Gen Surg: Small intestine disease and malabsorption (not including coeliac disease)
What are symptoms of gi malabsorp...,
What signs are common in gi malab...,
What are disorders of the small i...
50
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Gen Surg: Diverticular disease
What is a diverticulum 1,
What does diverticulosis mean 2,
What does diverticulitis mean 3
43
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Gen Surg: Appendicitis
What is acute appendicitis 1,
What is the pathogenesis of acute...,
What is the most common cause of ...
31
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Gen Surg: Stomas
What is a stoma 1,
What are defunctioning stomas 2,
What is an ileostomy 3
28
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Gen Surg: Metabolic response to surgery and Principles of fluid and electrolyte balance
Why can hypovolaemia occur in res...,
Why does oliguria with sodium and...,
What factors play a role in adh s...
49
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Gen Surg: Nutrition in surgery patients and refeeding syndrome
What is refeeding syndrome 1,
What patients are most at risk of...,
How does refeeding syndrome occur 3
15
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Clinical signs
What is ascites 1,
What are the four main groups of ...,
What are causes of fluid imbalanc...
125
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Imaging - AXR
Before interpreting an axr what i...,
What projection is an axr normally 2,
What do you want to assess on an ...
15
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Anorexia and Bulemia
What is anorexia nervosa 1,
What are the diagnositc criteria ...,
As part of the diagnostic criteri...
45
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