1
Q
What is it caused by?
A
Acute or chronic occlusion of superior mesenteric or inferior mesenteric arteries
2
Q
Who gets it
A
- Elderly
- People with arterial disease
- Woman on pill
- Patients on nicorandil
3
Q
How does ischemic colitis present?
A
- Sudden onest of abdominal pain
- Bright red blood passed per rectum
- +/- diarrhoea
- Distended tender abdomen
4
Q
Diagnosis?
A
Differential diagnosis of other colitis
- Urgent CT scan- exclude perf
- Unprepared flexible sigmoidoscopy and biopsy
5
Q
How is it treated?
A
Symptomatic treatment
Urgent surgery can be needed
Charis & Ellie vs GI
flashcards
Decks in class (120)
# Cards
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Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers6
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Oral Carcinoma5
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Oral Candidasis6
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Acute Oesophagitis2
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Chronic Oesophagitis due to Reflux Disease4
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Barrett's Oesophagus7
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Allergic oesphagitis5
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Oesophageal Benign Tumours & Squamous Cell Carcinoma7
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Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma4
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GORD20
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Non-erosive reflux disease6
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Hiatus Hernia8
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Gastroparesis5
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Functional dyspepsia7
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Achalasia6
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Oesophageal Diverticulum6
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Gastritis14
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Mallory Weiss Tear4
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Gastropathy2
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Helicobacter Pylori Infection10
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Peptic Ulcer Disease16
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NSAIDs4
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Benign Gastric Tumours12
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Malignant Gastric Tumours27
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Small Intestine Miscellaneous14
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Acute Abdomen5
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Ischemia of the Small Bowel12
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Meckel's Diverticulum5
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Tumours of the Small Bowel31
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Appendicitis9
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Coeliac Disease (yeet)20
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Dermatitis Herpetiformis4
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Non-coeliac gluten intolerance3
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Tropical Sprue7
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Bacterial Overgrowth7
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Small Bowel Obstruction8
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Intestinal Failure10
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Bowel Resections7
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Short Bowel Syndrome6
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Whipple's Disease7
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Radiation Enteritis8
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Parasite Infection5
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Protein Losing enteropathy6
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TB affecting the Intestine11
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Ambloidosis3
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Eosinophillic Gastroenteritis6
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Intestinal Lymphangiectasia4
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Small bowel Genetic Disorders7
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Acute peritonitis5
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Nausea and Vomiting28
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Abdominal Pain13
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Acute Upper Intestinal GI Bleeding17
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Acute Lower GI Bleeding4
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Acute Variceal Bleeding7
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Chronic GI bleed4
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Polyps10
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Conventional Colorectal Carcinoma9
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Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (FAP)3
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Lynch Syndrome3
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Diverticular Disease13
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Intussusception2
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Volvulous5
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Bowel Ischaemia2
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Ischemic Colitis5
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Colonic Angiodysplasia3
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Large Bowel Obstruction7
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Chronic Constipation5
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Clostridium Difficile Infection10
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Gastroenteritis37
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Haemolytic Ureamic Syndrome (HUS)4
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Acute Traveller's Diarrhoea3
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Enteric Fever7
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Giardiasis4
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Helminth Infections6
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Haemorrhoids yeet4
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Psychiatry and GI10
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IBS11
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease51
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Colitis of undetermined etiology (CUTE)2
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STIs and GI21
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Liver Miscellaneous15
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Jaundice and Fever and Travelling or Tropical Exposure2
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Cirrhosis13
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Portal Hypertension5
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Chronic Liver Disease yeet6
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Alcoholic Liver Disease7
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Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease7
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Viral Hepattis3
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Hepatitis A7
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Hepatitis B9
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Hepatitis C6
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Hepatitis D3
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Hepatitis E2
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Primary Biliary Cholangitis10
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Autoimmune Hepatitis9
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Primary Biliary Cholangitis yeet5
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Haemochromatosis3
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Haemangioma5
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Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (FNH)4
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Hepatic Adenoma5
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Cystic Lesions9
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Malignant Liver Lesions18
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Cholelithiasis10
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Hepatic Encephalopathy3
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Pancreatitis10
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Pancreatic Pseudocysts3
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Chronic Pnacreatitis6
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Pancreatic Tumours8
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Endoscopy3
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ENT/PNT6
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Hernias14
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Anal Fissure yeet6
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Anal Abscess and Fistula8
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Differentials for acute abdomen13
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Liver Function Tests11
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Jaundice13
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Wilson's Disease8
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Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency5
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis7
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Primary Biliary Cholngitis7
