Section: Module 3: Lesson 2: Gastrointestinal Diseases and Presentations | Didactic Emergency Medicine | NextGenU.org
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Learning objectives
- Demonstrate the ability to identify a surgical abdomen.
- Discuss/explain the role of analgesia in patient management.
- Recognize hemodynamic instability and identify the probable source of bleeding.
- Understand the presentation, diagnostic tests, and ED management of appendicitis.
- Describe the presentation, diagnostic procedures, and ED management of common biliary diseases.
- Understand the pathophysiology, presentation, diagnostic tests, and ED management of bowel obstruction.
- Describe the presentation, causes, and ED management of massive GI bleeding.
- Describe the causes, presentation, diagnostic tests, and ED management of mesenteric ischemia.
- Describe the presentation, diagnostic tests, and ED management of a perforated viscus.
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Quiz: Module 3: Lesson 2: Abdominal Pain
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What are some of the most common sources of abdominal pain in your country or region?
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Quiz: Module 3: Lesson 2: GI Bleed
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What are some of the most rare causes of gastrointestinal bleeding in your country or region?
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Quiz: Module 3: Lesson 2: Appendicitis
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If a woman presented to the ED with symptoms of appendicitis, how would you approach their case differently, compared to a male presenting with symptoms of appendicitis?
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Quiz: Module 3: Lesson 2: Biliary Disease
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Which tools of diagnostic testing for biliary disease do you have access to in your ED? Which ones do you use most often?
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Quiz: Module 3: Lesson 2: Small Bowel Obstruction
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Explain briefly why strangulation is the most lethal complication of small bowel obstruction.
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Quiz: Module 3: Lesson 2: Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding
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Is any one cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding more common than the others in your country/region? If so, what population tends to be most affected by this?
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Quiz: Module 3: Lesson 2: Mesenteric Ischemia
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Imagine you had to describe mesenteric ischemia to someone with no medical knowledge. How would you explain this disease in simple terms?
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Quiz: Module 3: Lesson 2: Perforated Viscus
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Describe why cases of perforated viscus have a mortality rate of 30-50%, even with appropriate surgical and post-surgical care.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify a surgical abdomen.