CRACKCast E172 – Gastrointestinal Disorders - a podcast by The CanadiEM.org Team

from 2018-04-26T12:00

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Core questions:

 

 

  • List 8 causes of neonatal jaundice and indicate whether they are conjugated or unconjugated
  • List indications for work-up of a jaundiced infant
  • What are RFs for hyperbilirubinemia? (8)
  • What is the differential diagnosis for vomiting in a child?
  • Describe the typical presentation of each of the following:
  • Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
  • Malrotation with midgut volvulus
  • NEC
  • GERD
  • Intussusception
  • Hirschsprung's Disease
  • Meckel’s Diverticulum
  • HSP
  • List Xray findings for each of the following:
  • Malrotation with midgut volvulus (2)
  • NEC (4)
  • Intussusception (5)
  • Hirschsprung's Disease (2)
  • Describe the conservative management of a patient with GERD.
  • What is the preferred diagnostic test for diagnosis for intussusception?
  • List causes of lead points in pts with intussusception.
  • Describe each of the following signs on physical exam:
  • Sandifer’s syndrome
  • Red-currant Jelly Stools
  • Dance’s Sign
  • Rovsing’s sign
  • Psoas Sign
  • Obturator Sign
  • Describe the “Rule of 2” for Meckel’s Diverticulum
  • What are 3 common locations of lodging in the esophagus
  • List 3 indications for FB removal from stomach.  Describe the management of button battery FBs
  • What is HSP? How does it typically present?
  • List three complications of HSP.
  • Why is appendicitis different in very young children?
  • List 10 causes of pancreatitis in children
  • List 10 causes of biliary tract disease in children
  • List conditions associated with the development of gallstones in children.

 




Wisecracks.

 

  • What are the risk factors for necrotizing enterocolitis?
  • Describe the proposed pathophysiology of necrotizing enterocolitis?
  • List five pathologic causes of constipation in a child.
  • What is the most concerning complication of hirschsprung’s disease? How does it occur?
  • What is gallbladder hydrops? What conditions is it associated with?

 

 

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