Ulcer Quiz: Gastric Or Duodenal?

1. Gastric ulcers are primarily associated with which risk factor?

High gastric acid production

H. pylori infection and NSAIDs

Excessive alcohol consumption

Spicy food intake

2. Which finding on upper endoscopy confirms active peptic ulcer disease?

Visible mucosal erythema

Ulcer crater with visible vessel or bleeding

Gastric wall thickening

Pyloric narrowing

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4. Which ulcer type is more likely to perforate, causing acute peritonitis?

Gastric ulcer

Duodenal ulcer

Both equally

Esophageal ulcer

5. Duodenal ulcers are associated with which Zollinger-Ellison finding?

Decreased gastrin levels

Elevated serum gastrin and high gastric acid

Reduced pepsinogen secretion

Alkaline gastric pH

6. Which medication class reduces gastric acid by blocking H2 receptors?

Proton pump inhibitors

H2 receptor antagonists

Antacids

Mucosal protectants

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8. NSAIDs inhibit ulcer healing primarily by blocking which enzyme?

Cyclooxygenase (COX)

Pepsinogen

Gastric lipase

Mucosal phosphatase

9. Which organism is implicated in approximately 90% of duodenal ulcers?

Helicobacter pylori

Escherichia coli

Staphylococcus aureus

Clostridium difficile

10. Which location is most common for duodenal ulcers?

Fundus of stomach

First portion of duodenum

Antrum of stomach

Pyloric region

11. Which complication is most common with penetrating duodenal ulcers?

Perforation into peritoneal cavity

Hemorrhage from erosion into gastroduodenal artery

Gastric outlet obstruction

Malignant transformation

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14. Which diagnostic finding is most specific for H. pylori infection?

Elevated WBC count

Endoscopic biopsy showing organism

Abdominal ultrasound

Elevated amylase

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19. Which acid-suppressive therapy is contraindicated in patients with clopidogrel use?

Omeprazole (PPI)

Famotidine (H2 antagonist)

Sucralfate

Antacids

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Ulcer Quiz: Gastric or Duodenal?

1. Gastric ulcers are primarily associated with which risk factor?

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2. Which finding on upper endoscopy confirms active peptic ulcer disease?

3. Sucralfate protects ulcers by forming a ____ barrier over the mucosa.

4. Which ulcer type is more likely to perforate, causing acute peritonitis?

5. Duodenal ulcers are associated with which Zollinger-Ellison finding?

6. Which medication class reduces gastric acid by blocking H2 receptors?

7. A positive breath test or stool antigen test indicates ____ infection.

8. NSAIDs inhibit ulcer healing primarily by blocking which enzyme?

9. Which organism is implicated in approximately 90% of duodenal ulcers?

10. Which location is most common for duodenal ulcers?

11. Which complication is most common with penetrating duodenal ulcers?

12. Gastric ulcer pain typically worsens ____.

13. A patient presenting with hematemesis and melena likely has a ____ ulcer with hemorrhage.

14. Which diagnostic finding is most specific for H. pylori infection?

15. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) work by inhibiting the ____ pump in parietal cells.

16. The triple therapy regimen for H. pylori typically includes PPI, amoxicillin, and ____.

17. A patient with a duodenal ulcer typically reports pain that is relieved by ____.

18. A patient with a perforated duodenal ulcer typically presents with acute ____.

19. Which acid-suppressive therapy is contraindicated in patients with clopidogrel use?

20. Long-term PPI use is associated with increased risk of ____ deficiency.