| Which of the following is a characteristic of regurgitation? |
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| Regurgitation is typically indicative of a ______ disorder. |
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| What are the three broad categories of esophageal disorders? |
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| Which of the following is NOT typically a pre-monitory sign of vomiting? |
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| True or false: vomiting tends to occur only after some delay, whereas regurgitation is more likely immediate? |
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| Vomiting is likely to have ______ pH, whereas regurgitation tends to be _____ or _____ |
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| Vascular ring anomalies are a congenital physical obstruction most commonly associated with ___ ____ ___ ___ |
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| Surgical ligation and transection of the ______ _______ is the usual treatment for the most common form of vascular ring anomaly. |
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| True or false: in the vast majority of cases surgical correction results in the complete cessation of symptoms associated with vascular ring anomaly? |
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| When do the first signs of vascular ring anomaly typically present? |
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| Where do esophageal foreign bodies commonly occur? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a complication of esophageal foreign body? |
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| Standard diagnostic imaging methods for esophageal disorders include: |
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| Nonsurgical treatment of esophageal stricture is usually multiple procedures of? |
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| Acquired megaesophagus is either idiopathic or linked to these three disorders? |
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| Which of the following would NOT be involved in treatment of esophagitis? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a cause of esophagitis? |
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| What is the most likely complication of megaesophagus? |
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| After careful observation of an animal that has repeatedly regurgitated, you have determined it is dysphagic as well. What do you now suspect? |
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| True or false: Most cases of megaesophagus have a readily identifiable underlying cause? |
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| What is the prognosis for idiopathic megaesophagus? |
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| Which of the following diseases of the stomach would NOT be associated with vomiting? |
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| Name a bacterial cause of acute gastritis? |
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| What are the three phases of vomiting? |
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| The highest number of peripheral vomiting receptors are found in what section fo the GI tract? |
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| True or false: renal failure may cause acute gastritis? |
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| Which of the following is not a potential cause of gastric ulceration? |
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| What is a special term for a kind of vomit that you might expect with erosion or ulceration? |
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| If CBC reveals a regenerative or iron-deficiency anemia, and an eosinophilia, and the patient has melena or hematemesis, what is the likely diagnosis? |
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| A cat has presented to your clinic after eating a needle and thread. Where is the first place you should check? |
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| Which of the following is not a QAT for vomiting? |
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| If a vomiting dog does not present with a stress leukogram, they likely have? |
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| Which would you perform first, if you intended to do both: Barium contrast studies or endoscopy? |
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| If a dog is vomiting for less than _ days, and less than _-_ times per day, without additional clinical signs, this is uncomplicated |
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| Which of the following constitutes complicated vomiting? |
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| True or false: low fat cottage cheese may form a part of the diet after 24 hours of withholding food with complicated vomiting? |
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| Pyrantel pamoate is givent o dogs emperically for ______ sp. and fenbendazole to cats for ______ sp. with complicated vomiting. |
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| Which of the following is NOT an antacid? |
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| Young siamese cats and brachycephalic dogs are more prone when young to _____ _____ as a cause of delayed gastric emptying |
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| Which of the following is NOT a prokinetic drug that might be given for delayed gastric emptying? |
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| With a gastric foreign body as the cause of delayed gastric emptying, you may see ________ metabolic _____ |
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| Which of the following would be the least likely neoplasia to affect the stomach? |
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| For what suspected motility disorder is the treatment simply to feed the animal late at night (w/ or w/o prokinetic agents) |
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| What breed of dog is most commonly associated with hereditary pancreatic illness? |
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| Although TLI has poor sensitivity, it is specific for what disorder? |
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| What two enzymes can be used as pancreatic markers but have only 50% sensitivity and specificity? |
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| What test is specific and sensitive for canine pancreatitis? |
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| True or false: Pancreatic biopsy is the gold standard, and rarely if ever gives false positive or negative results? |
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| Why would one decide to withhold food for 24 hours without vomit with pancreatitis? What does NPO stand for? |
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| What kind of tube might you feed through to bypass the pancreas? |
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| A measure of ___ micrograms/L or more of canine pancreatic lipase indicates pancreatitis? |
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| Aside from pancreatitis, what are the other two diseases in 'triaditis' in cats? |
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| What two enzymes have no value in the diagnosis of feline pancreatitis? |
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| With loss of over __% of tissue, yu get EPI |
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| What breed is most prone to EPI? |
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| I have a grumbly tumbly. If I wish to refer to this in scientific terms rather than in the manner of winnie the pooh, this is? |
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| What is the diagnostic test of choice for canine EPI? |
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| EPI is ____ common in cats |
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| What is the term for inactive enzyme precursors kept in pancreatic acinar cells? |
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| _________ is cleaved by _______ to form trypsin, which activates other zymogens? |
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| What is the given example of an anti-protease circulating in blood that gets ovewhelmed with severe pancreatitis, leading to DIC, MODS and death? |
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| Name an example of a drug or toxin that may be associated with acute pancreatitis? |
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| With pancreatitis, _____ is likely elevated in the blood, _____ could go either way, and ______ and ______ are likely low. |
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| True or false: An inflammed pancreas will be enlarged and hyperechoic, while the fat around it will be hypoechoic? |
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| What is the most common cause of EPI in dogs? |
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| True or false: EPI patients can be weaned off of pancreatic enzyme replacement, usually within 6 months? |
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| If the dog relapses or does not improve on pancreatic enzyme supplementation, what must be added? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Large intestinal diarrhea? |
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| Which of the following is NOT characteristic of small intestinal diarrhea? |
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| True or false: antibiotics may be the cause of either acute LI or acute SI diarrheas? |
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| True or false: pancreatitis is only a cause of acute SI diarrhea, not LI? |
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| A canine patient has presented with SI diarrhea, failure to thrive, weight loss and pot belly. What parasite group do you suspect? |
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| Hematochezia and LI diarrhea are associated with what parasite species? |
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| What is the treatment for chronic LI diarrhea in cats caused by tritrichomonas foetus? |
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| Which of the following would NOT form part of your treatment plan for canine parvovirus-2? |
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| An animal has presented with watery, mucoid OR hemorrhagic SI or LI diarrhea. You see seagull-shaped bacteria on a smear. What is it? |
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| What is one suggested cause of Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis (HGE)? |
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| A dog is coming into your clinic for what sounds like hemorrhagic SI diarrhea, anorexia, vomiting and dehydration. What is it important to suspect? Why? |
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| Chronic diarrhea can be recurrent or persist for over _ weeks |
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| Please pick out from the following list the etiologies that are NOT primary GI cuaes of Chronic LI diarrhea? (List them in order ___, ___, ___, etc) |
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| What two antibiotics would you try to treat chronic diarrhea with? |
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| What are the three categories of antibiotic responsive diarrhea? |
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| True or false: vomiting is more common in cats with Large intestinal IBD? |
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| True or false: you can rule out IBD with ultrasound? |
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| If the animal is ________, this is a significant reason to favour endoscopic biopsy over surgical. |
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| What is the most common type of IBD? |
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| What is the term for abnormal distension of lymphatics in the intestinal mucosa? What two breeds are most likely to present with this? |
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| Systemic illness or biochemical evidence of a protein losing enteropathy are two indications that a treatment trial is inappropriate, and you must instead seek ____ ____? |
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| An exclusion diet is generally used when an adverse reaction to food is suspected, or you have confirmed ___? |
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| What form of antibiotic responsive diarrhea is most common in young boxers, involves LI diarrhea, and is diagnosed based onf indings in the lamina propria? |
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| What form of antibiotic resposive diarrhea is requires long term treatment at the lowest possible dose of the relevant drug? |
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| This form of antibiotic responsive diarrhea is diagnosed by quantitative bacterial culture |
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| A loss of immunologic tolerance in the ____ is a hypothesized cause of IBD. |
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| IBD will involve vomiting and anorexia when affecting the ______ |
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| True or false: multiple regions are often biopsied in order to diagnose IBD? |
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| What kind of IBD may be associated with parasitism? |
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| What drug is not used in cats due to risk of salicylate toxicity, but is useful for chronic colitis in dogs? |
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| What might I treat with if I suspect the chronic GI disease is due to immune causes? |
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| A Wheten terrier with a soft coat has presented for steatorrhea, polyphagia, ascites, and peripheral edema. What is it? |
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