Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Acute
Abdomen
- Definition
- Sudden, severe abdominal
pain
- Causes
- Acute appendicitis
- Acute peptic ulcer and its complications
- Acute
intestinal ischemia
- Acute cholecystitis
- Ovarian
torsion
- Acute peritonitis
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Kidney Stones
- Pancritits
- Also caused by
- Acute
pancreatitis
- Pancreatic Secretory
function
- Exocrine
- Stimulated by chyme in the
upper part of the small
intestine
- Digestive enzymes for
protein, carbohydrates
and fats
- Acini
- Aqueous component
bicarbonates ions and
water
- Epithelial cells of the
ducts
- Endocrine
- Secretion of hormones directly
into the blood
- causes
- Alcoholism
- Gall stones
- Medications
(thiazides)
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- hypercalcemia
- Infections: mumps, coxackie,
CMV
- Genes: PRSS1,
SPINK1
- Pathophysiology
- Sign &
symptoms
- Upper abdominal
pain
- Fever
- Rapid
pulse
- Nausea &
vomiting
- Tenderness when touching
the abdomen
- complications
- SIRS
- Pseudocyst
- Infected pancreatic
necrosis
- Adenocarcinoma
- DIC + ARDS
- Lab investigations
- Serum
amylase
- Serum lipase & SIT
- Decreased fecal
elastase
- Neutrophilic
leukocytosis
- Other
investigations
- MRI
- ERCP
- Management
- nutritional
support
- fluid
resuscitation
- pain control
- Surgery
- Anatomy of the
pancreas
- Histology of the
pancreas
- innervation od the
abdomen