Concept, application, History
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The word “endoscopy” comes from the following language:
Latin
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Greek | |
English
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It is a new term
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Tick the correct options, related to applications of endoscopy:
a) Flexible endoscopes are best suited to more tortuous intestinal segments
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b) Flexible endoscopes are adequate to explore viscera without natural openings
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c) Rigid endoscopes are adequate to explore joints
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d) Flexible endoscopes are preferable for laparoscopy
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We usually use a flexible endoscope to explore:
a) Ear
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b) Thorax
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c) Stomach | |
d) Duodenum
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The interior stomach was first visualized from outside in the following century:
a) XVII
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b) XVIII
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c) XIX
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d) XX
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Tick the correct option related to light sources for endoscopy:
a) Cold light is required
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b) The invention of fiberoptics allowed the development of the so-called cold light source
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c) Hirschowitz was a great contributor in this field
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d) These discoveries occurred in the XIX century
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Inclusion of a working channel in the endoscopes allowed:
a) Insufflation
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b) Aspiration
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c) Biopsy sampling
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d) Use of ancillary instruments
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We usually perform digestive endoscopy in an animal when:
a) Other diagnostic methods have yielded confusing results
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b) Clinical features are chronic and there is no diagnosis
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c) The animal presents with any digestive symptom
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d) It is necessary to take a biopsy from intestinal segments C
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Endoscopy is contraindicated in:
a) Animals with cardiorespiratory problems
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b) Intestinal perforation
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c) An animal unfit for anesthesia
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d) Endoscopy is never contraindicated
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Before performing a digestive endoscopy, we should carry out:
a) Complete physical examination
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b) Hematological tests
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c) Biochemical tests
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d) All the above options are correct | |
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a) Vomiting
a) Vomiting
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b) Hematemesis
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c) Hematochecia
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d) All the above options are correct
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The following are examples of interventional endoscopy:
a) Biopsy sampling
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b) Esophageal stenotic dilatation
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c) Sclerosis of hemorrhagic lesions
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d) All the above options are correct
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