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Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
"Dow Jones Industrial Averages Closing Stock Report" is a good one, even though it misses the
Cecum...
Dow
Jones
Industrial
Averages
Closing
Stock
Report
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Appendix
Colon
Sigmoid
Rectum
Liver Lobes
The four lobes of the liver: caudate, quadrate, left and right, bring to mind the newspaper headline of
the wheelchair bound fellow who left a party right after his ugly girlfriend departed: "QUAD LEFT
RIGHT after COW-DATE"
Pertoneum Facts
The idea is to relate key letters of related parts...
stOMach and OMentum (which lays over the stomach)
The bacterium e. coLI is found in the Large Intestine
The OMentum covers the stOMach
The Lesser OMentum holds the Liver and stOMach
The Mesentery holds the sMall intestine
The mesoCOLON attaches the large intestine (COLON) to the posterior abdominal wall.
The periTONEa, which prevents the intestines from kinking, TONES the GI tract.
Sphincters of the Ailmentary Canal
APE OIL initials the five of them...
A
P
E
O
I
L
Anal
Pyloric
(Lower) Esophageal
Oddi
Ileocecum
iLeocecum
Stomach Parts
"The CAR is FUN 'til the BODY PILES" relates the four parts of the stomach: Cardiac, Fundus, Body,
Pylorus. The pylorus is where the food piles waiting for the sphincter to open.
Ulcerative colitis: definition of a severe attack A STATE:
Anemia less than 10g/dl
Stool frequency greater than 6 stools/day with blood
Temperature greater than 37.5
Albumin less than 30g/L
Tachycardia greater than 90bpm
Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) cause is DNA mismatch repair DNA mismatch
causes a bubble in the strand where the two nucleotides don't match.
This looks like the ensuing polyps that arise in the colon.
Erythema nodosum
Sclerosing cholangitis
Arthritis
Clubbing of fingertips
Digestive disorders: pH level With vomiting both the pH and food come up.
With diarrhea both the pH and food go down.
Sclerosing
Pancreatitis: Ranson criteria for pancreatitis: at admission "GA LAW" (GA is abbreviation for the U.S.
state of Georgia):
Glucose >200
AST >250
LDH >350
Age >55 y.o.
WBC >16000
Pancreatitis: Ranson criteria for pancreatitis: initial 48 hours "C & HOBBS" (Calvin and Hobbes):
Calcium < 8
Hct drop > 10%
Oxygen < 60 mm
BUN > 5
Base deficit > 4
Sequestration of fluid > 6L
Drugs/ Dehydration
Renal failure/ Radiotherapy
Immunological (Sjogren's)/ Intense emotions
Liver failure: decompensating chronic liver failure differential HEPATICUS:
Haemorrhage
Electrolyte disturbance
Protein load/ Paracetamol
Alcohol binge
Trauma
Infection
Constipation
Uraemia
Sedatives/ Shunt/ Surgery
Lymphadenopathy
Diarrhea
Arthritis