Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology and Hepatology MCQs with Answers
Free single best answer (SBA) and true/false MCQs, plus flashcards, for medical students revising Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Every question has a worked explanation. 20 MCQs · 16 flashcards. The full bank has 416 items.
Revising Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Gastroenterology and hepatology questions lean on pattern recognition in blood results and history. Common themes are liver function tests (hepatitic versus cholestatic patterns), viral hepatitis serology, complications of cirrhosis, inflammatory bowel disease, upper GI bleeding and the work-up of chronic diarrhoea and malabsorption, such as coeliac disease.
Read the liver panel before the history. Deciding whether ALT or ALP is leading, and whether synthetic function (albumin, INR) is preserved, often rules out half the options before you reach the question.
Topics
- Acute Diarrhoea in Adults
- Adult Constipation and Faecal Incontinence
- Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
- Chronic Diarrhoea and Malabsorption
- Colorectal Cancer
- Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- Dysphagia and Oesophageal Cancer
- Gallstones and Biliary Disease
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
- Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer
- Peptic Ulceration and Helicobacter pylori
- Steatotic Liver Disease and Chronic Hepatitis
- Surgical (Obstructive) Jaundice
- Viral Hepatitis
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Acute Diarrhoea in Adults
Adult Constipation and Faecal Incontinence
Chronic Diarrhoea and Malabsorption
- SBA questionA clinician is defining chronic diarrhoea for a teaching session. Which definition is correct?
- FlashcardHow is chronic diarrhoea defined, and why is it not itself a diagnosis?
- True/False MCQRegarding the definition and classification of chronic diarrhoea, the following statements are TRUE:
Colorectal Cancer
Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Dysphagia and Oesophageal Cancer
Gallstones and Biliary Disease
Gastric Cancer
Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
- FlashcardWhat risk-scoring systems are used in upper GI bleeding?
- SBA questionA cirrhotic patient with bleeding oesophageal varices needs pharmacological therapy to reduce portal pressure. Which drug is the agent of…
- True/False MCQRegarding the treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices, the following statements are TRUE:
Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer
- FlashcardWhat are the exocrine and endocrine functions of the pancreas?
- FlashcardHow is acute pancreatitis diagnosed biochemically and radiologically?
- FlashcardHow is chronic pancreatitis treated?
- FlashcardWhat is the epidemiology and aetiology of pancreatic carcinoma?
- SBA questionA patient with a long history of alcohol use has recurrent epigastric pain, weight loss with greasy offensive stools, and is now diabetic…
- True/False MCQRegarding chronic pancreatitis, the following statements are TRUE:
Peptic Ulceration and Helicobacter pylori
- SBA questionA 60-year-old man has had upper abdominal pain for 2 years with dyspeptic symptoms. He has chronic knee pain for which he takes regular…
- True/False MCQComparing duodenal and gastric ulcers, the following statements are TRUE:
- FlashcardWhat is peptic ulcer disease and what is the fundamental imbalance that causes it?
Steatotic Liver Disease and Chronic Hepatitis
- SBA questionA 52-year-old obese man (BMI 32) with type 2 diabetes and hyperlipidaemia is referred for persistently raised liver enzymes (AST 78, ALT…
- True/False MCQRegarding metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD/NAFLD), the following statements are TRUE:
- FlashcardWhat is chronic hepatitis, and what are its main causes?