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Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
Prevention and Treatment ... after Bariatric Surgery ... Types of Bariatric ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Treatment #Complications
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... PURPURA: Platelet Defects ... syndrome Coagulation Defects ... Vasculopathy #Purpura #Differential ... #rheumatology #
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
Bethanechol • Used in treatment ... during ocular surgery ... and cardiac effects ... effects of atropine ... in ophthalmic surgery
Vasculitis - Break down based on vessel size 
Distribution of vessel involvement by large vessel vasculitis,
predominantly affects ... can affect any type ... The diagram depicts ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology ... #Differential #
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Damage: • Post-op surgery ... effect following treatment ... Thrombocytosis #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Coombs • IgG type ... • Blood smear: Differential ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... urine, sweat) - its ... regional ischemia, surgery ... B3: Hereditary Defects ... myopathies - Defects
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public education, early detection
scoliosis and its ... may different #types ... include #birth #defects ... to successful treatment ... spinal #fusion #surgery
#Cobb #Cob #angle 
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public
scoliosis and its ... may different #types ... include #birth #defects ... to successful treatment ... spinal #fusion #surgery
Platelet disorders and Aggregometry
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
 • Defective aggregation to all agonists except ristocetin
 • Normal platelet,
(either severe Type ... 1 or Type 3) — ... differentiate vWD ... with qualitative defects ... #hemepath #differential