Which test is best for examining filling defects in the patient's colon and rectum?
Answer: barium enema
Which of the following autoimmune diseases results in xerostoma?
Answer: Sjogren's syndrome
Esophageal varices lead to which of the following?
Answer: all of the above
What is the primary reason for the poor prognosis and high mortality rate of esophageal cancer patients?
Answer: They are usually stage 3 or 4 upon diagnosis
Which of the following is marked by a protrusion of stomach through an opening in the diaphragm, dysphagia, and gastroesophageal reflux?
Answer: hiatal hernia
Yellow or green vomit indicates the presence of bile in the stomach.
Answer: True
Problems with gastric emptying are indicated by:
Answer: vomiting undigested food
Most instances of chronic gastritis and duodenal ulcers are caused by:
Answer: helicobacter pylori
Based on similar symptoms, GERD is often confused with which disease?
Answer: angina pectoris
Which of the following is a result of chronic GERD?
Answer: esophageal cancer
Unresolved peptic ulcers can lead to which of the following?
Answer: all of the above
Chronic Duodenal ulcers can cause perforation of duodenal contents into the peritoneum, cavity causing __________.
Answer: peritonitis
Gastrointestinal lymphoma is secondary to:
Answer: all of the above
Intestinal blockages can lead to sepsis, shock, and/or death.
Answer: True
It would be ok to give a celiac patient the standard gastric emptying meal of 4 oz of eggs, 2 pieces of white bread, and 4oz of water as part of a gastric emptying study protocol.
Answer: False
Chron's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are both inflammatory bowel diseases. All of the following are common for both diseases except:
Answer: occur throughout the entire GI tract
Diverticulitis commonly leads to which of the following?
Answer: GI bleed
A classic clinical sign of appendicitis is:
Answer: McBurney point
Which of the following types of peritonitis have a high mortality rate?
Answer: infection in ascites
Which of the following diseases is characterized by an outpouching of the ileum which secretes stomach acid?
Answer: Meckel's diverticulum
Which of the following is a common manifestation of Meckel's Diverticulum
Answer: GI bleed
Congestive heart failure can result in malabsorption syndromes.
Answer: True
Which of the following is the biggest contributor to a poor prognosis of colorectal cancer?