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Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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Radiation Injury Acute ... , Dehydration, GI ... Bleed • Dose ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... Toxicity #diagnosis #management
Acute Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding
Pre-Endoscopy Management:
 • Hemodynamic resuscitation
 • No routine NG tube
 • Risk
Acute Non-Variceal ... Upper GI Bleeding ... • Rescope if bleed ... NonVariceal #Upper #GIBleed ... #management #gastroenterology
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... Diagnosis and Management ... diagnosis, can be normal ... #Pancreatitis #Acute ... #Treatment #Gastroenterology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... on ABx) → Acute ... Diarrhea (>3 BM ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... #IDSA #gastroenterology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... - HIV, CMV, EBV ... variants: (1) acute ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Evidence for Treatment of Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding
 • Octreotide (PMID: 11870374) - Endoscopic banding +
Evidence for Treatment ... of Acute Esophageal ... Bleeding #varices #management ... #ebm #evidence ... #gastroenterology
Probiotics Guidelines
Adults with C difficile infection
 • Recommendation: Only in the context of a clinical trial
on antibiotic treatment ... Children with acute ... Probiotics #Guidelines #gastroenterology ... recommendations #management ... #evidence #ebm
Thiopurines in IBD
Indications:
 • Steroid-sparing agents indicated for maintenance of remission in UC and CD
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Homozygous high or normal ... GI intolerance. ... EBV seroconversion ... #BowelDisease #Management ... #Treatment