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Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
Prevention and Treatment ... of Nutritional Complications ... Surgery: • Dumping Syndrome ... Gallstones • Liver Disease ... #Differential #Treatment
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Clinical triad ... autoinflammatory diseases ... , Schnitzler) Complications ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... (STSS) Complication ... of invasive GAS disease ... necrosis STSS Treatment ... #STSS #treatment
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Campylobacter Clinical ... Seizure Late onset complications ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Antibiotics for severe disease
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome ... Clinical Findings ... initial phase of the disease ... Therefore, Korsakoff Syndrome ... Encephalopathy Treatment
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Optica (NMO) - Clinical ... mainly AQP4-lgG disease ... mainly MOG-lgG disease ... (AQP4-lgG disease ... pain • Extra-CNS complications
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
Krabbe Disease ... case of Krabbe disease ... Diagnosis was made by radiology ... testing and expedite treatment ... #Radiology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Refeeding Syndrome ... may cause severe clinical ... complications. ... due to chronic disease ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
BEE Syndromes - ... and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... infections • Lyme disease ... MRI lesions and clinical
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... association • M > F Clinical ... tests in Behcet syndrome ... (Clinical Dx). ... Arthritis, AS Treatment