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Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis (ASUC) - IBD Algorithm

By Dr. Wade Billings @wabillin

#Acute #Severe #Ulcerative #Colitis #ASUC
Acute Severe Ulcerative ... Algorithm By ... @wabillin #Acute ... #Severe #Ulcerative ... #Algorithm #IBDAlgorithm
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... to Acute Interstitial ... rapidly progressive CKD ... triad (<10%): fever ... Received drug associated
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... Grey-Turner) bruising in severe ... low-fat (as safe as CLD ... (w/in 24h) if cholangitis ... #Pancreatitis #Acute
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... dose, duration), Several ... for alternative causes ... Primary biliary cholangitis ... dechallenge • Acute
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Serum Mg: GI losses, Renal losses, Alcoholism, Malnutrition, Drug-Induced
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hyperparathyroidism: CKD ... : Acute pancreatitis ... , Sepsis/severe ... #causes
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
recurrentis has been associated ... Several cases have ... been associated ... of blood smear, acute ... often experience acute
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Severe or resistant ... , patientswith severe ... Hypertension associated ... parenchymal disease: CKD ... Pregnancy-associated
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Splenomegaly - CTD ... - APLS • Acute ... MIXED) • ANCA associated ... Associated - ... mountain spotted fever
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
infections are caused ... Factors for IA: • Severe ... Advanced HIV/AIDS, CGD ... Penicillium • BDG is associated ... septated hyphae, acute
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... conditions) • Severe ... Pulse pressure - associated ... Worse outcomes in CKD ... Diagnoses: • Acute