GI quiz

A patient with a hernia complains of reflux after eating. What type of hernia does the patient most likely have?

Which type of hernia is a protrusion of the greater curvature of the stomach through a secondary opening in the diaphragm?

This type of hernia tends to occur in conjunction with other diseases like GERD, PUD, cholecystitis, choleithisasis, pancreatis, diverticulosis.

To diminish reflux a patient could eat small frequent meals and avoid the recumbent position after eating.

This type of bowel obstruction has a more gradual onset and has normal bowel sounds upon auscultation.

This type of bowel obstruction is associated with colicky pain.

What sound would you expect to hear when auscultating a patient that has a small bowel obstruction?

This type of bowel obstruction is associated with Chron's disease.

This type of bowel obstruction is associated with diverticulitis.

This type of bowel obstruction is associated with hernias and adhesions, especially post surgery.

What type of bowel obstruction and what type of pain would a patient with volvulus present?

Chronic inflammation, mucosal atrophy, and epithelial metaplasia that tends to occur in older adults.

This type of gastritis superficially erodes the surface epithelium in a diffuse or localized pattern.

This type of gastritis occurs in individuals who have undergone gastrectomy or plyoroplasty.

This type of gastritis has these clinical manifestations: bilious vomiting & sustained epigastric pain that worsens after eating and is not relieved by antacids.

A patient reports abdominal pain immediately after eating, what do they most likely have?

A patient reports pain relief if he eats, what does he most likely have?

This type of ulcer tends to accompany severe illnesses, multi-system organ failure, or major trauma including severe burns or head injury.

The following are risks for PUD except?

This drug inhibits secretion of acid.

This drug inhibits production of acid.

This drug inhibits gastric secretion, suppresses gastric mobility, and delays gastric emptying.

This drug promotes GI healing.