GASTROENTEROLOGY TOPICS

1️⃣ OESOPHAGUS

A. Dysphagia Approach

B. Structural Disorders

  • GERD 
  • Barrett’s oesophagus
  • Peptic strictures
  • Schatzki ring
  • Oesophageal cancer 

C. Motility Disorders

  • Achalasia
  • Diffuse oesophageal spasm
  • Hypercontractile (Jackhammer) oesophagus
  • Scleroderma oesophagus

D. Infective Oesophagitis

  • Candida
  • CMV
  • HSV

2️⃣ STOMACH & DUODENUM

A. Dyspepsia

B. Peptic Ulcer Disease

  • H. pylori
  • NSAIDs
  • Zollinger–Ellison syndrome

C. Upper GI Bleed

D. Gastric Cancer

3️⃣ SMALL INTESTINE

A. Malabsorption

  • Coeliac disease
  • Tropical sprue
  • Whipple disease
  • Pancreatic insufficiency

B. Coeliac Disease

C. Short Bowel Syndrome

4️⃣ INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE 

A. Ulcerative Colitis

B. Crohn’s Disease

5️⃣ LARGE INTESTINE

A.  Diarrhoea 

B. Irritable Bowel Syndrome 

C. Colorectal Cancer

D. Diverticular Disease

6️⃣ LIVER 

A. Jaundice Approach

B. Acute Liver Failure

C. Chronic Liver Disease

D. Portal Hypertension

  • Varices
  • Ascites
  • Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
  • Hepatorenal syndrome

E. Autoimmune Liver Disease

F. Viral Hepatitis

G. NAFLD (Non Alcoholic Fatty liver disease)

H. NASH

I. Alcoholic Hepatitis

7️⃣ PANCREAS

A. Acute Pancreatitis

B. Chronic Pancreatitis

C. Pancreatic Cancer

8️⃣ BILIARY SYSTEM

A. Gallstones

B. Cholangitis

9️⃣ GI INFECTIONS

  • C. difficile
  • Amoebiasis
  • Giardiasis
  • Tubercular ileocaecal disease
  • Traveller’s diarrhoea
  • Typhoid 

🔟 GI ONCOLOGY

  • Oesophageal carcinoma
  • Gastric carcinoma
  • Colorectal carcinoma
  • HCC
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Neuroendocrine tumours

 

About Author

Hi, I’m Dr. Prashant, DNB Internal Medicine Resident and Gastroenterology & Hepatology contributor at ICU Notes.

I am Passionate about clinical medicine, gastroenterology & hepatology and Critical care.Through ICU Notes, my aim is to translate current evidence and guidelines into clear, clinically relevant resource for everyday practice while also helping medicine residents strengthen their concepts for exams.

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