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General Surgery EOR Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved Barrett's Esophagus pathology - squamous cell into precancerous metaplastic columnar cells GERD dx: - Endoscope (usually used first) 24 hr ambulatory pH monitoring (GS) ` GERD tx: - 1st (lifestyle) 2nd (H2 receptor antagonists) 3rd ...

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General Surgery EOR Exam Questions

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Barrett's Esophagus pathology - ✔✔squamous cell into precancerous

metaplastic columnar cells

GERD dx: - ✔✔Endoscope (usually used first)

24 hr ambulatory pH monitoring (GS) `

GERD tx: - ✔✔1st (lifestyle)

2nd (H2 receptor antagonists)

3rd (PPI->Nissen fundoplication)

Achalasia sxs: - ✔✔dysphagia to both solids and liquids

Achalasia dx: - ✔✔Esophageal manometry (GS- shows increased LES

pressure)

Esophagram (Bird's beak appearance of LES)

Achalasia tx: - ✔✔botulin injection

Most common cause of esophageal varices - ✔✔Cirrhosis

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Esophageal varices sxs: - ✔✔upper GI bleed (hematochezia, melena,

hematemesis)

Esophageal varices tx: - ✔✔endoscopic ligation (tx of choice)

Octreotide (drug for acute bleeding)

Surgery (trans-jugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt- TIPS)



Rebleeds: nonselective BB (propanolol, nadolol)

Hiatal hernia types: - ✔✔Type 1: sliding hernia (most common type)

Type 2: rolling hernia- fundus of stomach through the diaphragm

Gastritis etiologies: - ✔✔H.pyloti (MC cause)

NSAIDs/Aspirin

Stress

Gastritis dx: - ✔✔endoscopy

Gastritis tx: - ✔✔H pylori +: clarithromycin, amoxicillin, PPI

-: PPI, sucrafulate

Zollinger Ellison Syndrome def. - ✔✔gastrin producing tumor in stomach

Non-healing ulcers

PUD sxs: - ✔✔epigastric pain (dyspepsia)- worse at night

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GI bleed

Most common cause of upper GI bleed - ✔✔PUD

PUD dx: - ✔✔endoscopy (GS)

Upper GI series

H.Pylori Testing - ✔✔Endoscopy with bx (GS)

Stool antigen (confirm eradication)

Urea breath test (if endoscopy can't be done)

Prevention of NSAID induced ulcers - ✔✔misoprostol

Cytoprotective agent for PUD/gastritis - ✔✔Sucralfate

Duodenal vs Gastric Ulcers - ✔✔Duodenal (more common, likely benign,

better with meals)

Gastric (more malignant, worse with meals)

Zollinger ellison syndrome dx: - ✔✔fasting gastrin level (best screening

test)

Gallbladder disease progression - ✔✔Cholelithiasis-cholecystitis-

choledocholithiasis- cholangitis

Most common type of gallstone - ✔✔cholesterol

Risk factor for gallstones - ✔✔female, fat, forty, fertile, fair

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