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Physiology
What is the function of gastric acid,
What mechanisms control gastric a...,
Where is gastrin secreted from
61
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GI: GORD + Oesophageal Disorders
List oeseophageal disease investi...,
Causes of dysphagia,
What is gord
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,
What is odynophagia,
What are the 5 key questions you ...
15
cards
GI: Gastric ulceration and H. Pylori
Differential of dyspepsia,
What are risk factors for the dev...,
What is a peptic ulcer
36
cards
GI: Gastritis and Gastropathy
What is gastritis,
What is gastropathy,
Aetiology of gastritis
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,
What is malaena,
What are causes of maleana
52
cards
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 ibd,
What environmental factors are as...,
What is thought to be the primary...
105
cards
GI: Anorectal disorders
What is pruritis ani,
What can cause pruritis ani,
How would you treat someone with ...
66
cards
GI: Coeliac Disease
What is coeliac disease,
What is gluten,
How does gluten cause an immune r...
25
cards
GI: Functional GI disease and IBS
What is ibs,
What is globus,
What is functional dyspepsia
28
cards
GI: Constipation
Causes of constipation,
What is the general definition of...,
What might constipation rectal bl...
31
cards
GI: Diarrhoea
What is diarrhoea,
What would you want to establish ...,
What would you want to ask in the...
102
cards
GI: Nausea and Vomiting
What are causes,
What are gi causes of vomiting,
What are cns causes of vomiting
30
cards
GI: The Acute Abdomen
What is an acute abdomen,
What clinical syndromes can prese...,
What are causes of an acute abdomen
75
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Hepato-biliary: Jaundice and Liver function assessment
What is the definintion of jaundice,
At what bilirubin level does jaun...,
How are red blood cells broken down
85
cards
Hepato-biliary: Alcoholism
How does alcohol act as a drug,
What is the physiology behind the,
What is the physiology behind the...
125
cards
Hepato-biliary: Hereditary Haemochromatosis
What is hereditary haemochromatosis,
Who does haemochromatosis most co...,
What gene is responsible for haem...
27
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Hepato-biliary: Wilson's Disease
What is wilsons disease,
How is copper absorbed,
How is copper transported to the ...
22
cards
Hepato-biliary: More metabolic
What is nash,
Aetiology nash,
When is a liver considered fatty
7
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Hepato-biliary: Autoimmune
Sequence of events in autoimmune ...,
3 types of autoimmune hepatitis a...,
Presenation autoimmune hepatitis
20
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Hepato-biliary: Liver failure
What is the definition of liver f...,
What is fulminant hepatic failure,
What are causes of fulminant hepa...
43
cards
Hepato-biliary: Cirrhosis
What is cirrhosis,
What are causes of cirrhosis,
What are signs of liver cirrhosis
61
cards
Hepato-biliary: Liver Cancer
What liver disease is liver cance...,
What tymour makrer is associated ...,
What proportion of liver tumours ...
31
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Hepato-biliary: Hepatitis
How is hepatitis a spread,
What is the incubation period for...,
What are non viral infections whi...
81
cards
Hepato-biliary: Gallbladder and Biliary tree Disease
What is acute ascending cholangitis,
What is primary sclerosing cholan...,
What is the main pathophysiologic...
51
cards
Hepato-biliary: Gallstones, Acute cholecystitis and ascending cholangitis
What is cholecystitis,
What is biliary colic,
What is cholangitis
90
cards
Hepato-biliary: Acute pancreatitis
What is acute pancreatitis,
What are the clinical phases fo a...,
What are causes of acute pancreat...
100
cards
Hepato-biliary: Chronic Pancreatitis
What is chronic pancreatitis,
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,
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
cards
Gen Surg: Bowel ischaemia
What are the 3 main types of bowe...,
What is acute mesenteric ischaemia,
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,
What does diverticulosis mean,
What does diverticulitis mean
43
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Gen Surg: Appendicitis
What is acute appendicitis,
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,
What are defunctioning stomas,
What is an ileostomy
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,
What patients are most at risk of...,
How does refeeding syndrome occur
15
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Clinical signs
What is ascites,
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,
What do you want to assess on an ...
15
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Anorexia and Bulemia
What is anorexia nervosa,
What are the diagnositc criteria ...,
As part of the diagnostic criteri...
45
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