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Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Bronchiectasis: ... diagnosis and management ... fibrosis, primary ciliary ... #diagnosis #management ... Differential #workup #algorithm
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Diagnosis and Management ... • Imaging: US (biliary ... MRCP (necrosis, biliary ... (w/in 24h) if cholangitis ... consider ERCP + cholecystectomy
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
to multi-focal biliary ... with persistently active ... colorectal and hepato-biliary ... liver disease management ... #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... bacteremia, and miliary ... Hematogenous spread -> Miliary ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Proposed Schema for the Management of Pruritus in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). 

Cholestyramine up to 4g
Schema for the Management ... Pruritus in Primary Biliary ... Cholangitis (PBC ... #Cholangitis #PBC ... #Algorithm
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... bacteremia, and miliary ... Hematogenous spread -> Miliary ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
ERCP Management Algorithm for Patient with Symptomatic Choledocholithiasis 

Predictors of choledocholithiasis
Very strong
 - CBD stone on
ERCP Management ... Algorithm for Patient ... Clinical Ascending cholangitis ... #Algorithm #Choledocholithiasis ... #Biliary
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Endoscopy (ASGE 2015) 

Give Antibiotics: 
 - PEG tube placement (or PEG-J)
mediastinal cysts - Biliary ... obstruction without cholangitis ... GI tract) - Biliary ... the setting of active ... Gastroenterology #Management
IGG-4 RELATED DISEASE

WHAT?
 • A chronic, immune-mediated fibroinflammatory disease with tumefactive infiltration of IgG4+ plasma cells
dysfunction PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... " pancreas • Biliary ... IgG4-Sclerosing Cholangitis ... mimics excluded MANAGEMENT ... IGG4 #Diagnosis #Management