Vomiting resident survival guide
| Vomiting Resident Survival Guide |
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| Overview |
| Causes |
| FIRE |
| Diagnosis |
| Treatment |
| Do's |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rinky Agnes Botleroo, M.B.B.S.
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Overview
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Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes of vomiting include[1]:
- Head injury
- Bowel obstruction[2]
- Appendicitis[2]
- Meningitis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Brain tumor
- Pancreatitis
Common Causes
Common causes include: [3]
- Gastric outlet obstruction
- Small bowel obstruction
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Hepatitis
- Cholecystitis
- Pancreatitis
- Crohn’s disease
- Gastroparesis
- Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
- Post-operative nausea and vomiting
- CNS causes
- Migraine
- Increased intracranial pressure
- Congenital malformation
- Hydrocephalus
- Pseudotumor cerebri
- Seizure disorders
- Demyelinating disorders
- Infectious causes
- Labyrinthine disorders
- Motion sickness
- Labyrinthitis
- Tumors
- Meniere’s disease
- Iatrogenic
- Endocrinological and metabolic causes
- Miscellaneous causes
- Cardiac disease
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Starvation
- Cancer chemotherapy
- Radiation therapy
- Cardiovascular medications
- Antibiotics/Antivirals
- Ethanol Abuse
Diagnosis
Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the diagnosis of Vomiting
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Ask the following questions about vomiting ❑How long have you had nausea and vomiting? ❑Did your nausea and vomiting occur right after eating? ❑How much have you vomitted? ❑What is the colour of the vomitus? ❑Is there any foul smell of the vomitus? ❑Is there only food particle or any other mucous/substance present with the vomitus? ❑Have you notice any blood streaks mixed with vomitus? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ask the related questions ❑Did your nausea and vomiting occur right after eating? ❑Do you have a fever? ❑Do you take any other medication ❑Have you recently eaten out? ❑Have yu eaten any canned product? ❑Have you suffered from headache or photophobia along with this vomiting? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treatment
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Do's
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Don'ts
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References
- ↑ Hayes B, Murtagh C, Mann GB (August 2008). "A case of life-threatening nausea and vomiting". J Pain Symptom Manage. 36 (2): 206–10. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.10.022. PMID 18495417.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frese T, Klauss S, Herrmann K, Sandholzer H (February 2011). "Nausea and vomiting as the reasons for encounter in general practice". J Clin Med Res. 3 (1): 23–9. doi:10.4021/jocmr410w. PMC 3194022. PMID 22043268.
- ↑ Scorza K, Williams A, Phillips JD, Shaw J (July 2007). "Evaluation of nausea and vomiting". Am Fam Physician. 76 (1): 76–84. PMID 17668843.