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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 ... Surgery #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Treatment #Complications ... #Nutrition #Deficiencies
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
severe clinical complications ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... /Prevention: • ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... #1 nosocomial infection ... CT A/P: Assess complications ... KUB ↓↓Sens for complications
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Isospora belli Infection in HIV-AIDS
Treating Isospora belli Infection
General Management Considerations:
 • Fluid
dehydration • Nutritional ... Patients with CD4 ... Sustained increase in CD4 ... IsosporaBelli #IDSA #Prevention ... #Treatment #management
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Managing Microsporidiosis in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Chronic Microsporidiosis:
 • Because chronic microsporidiosis occurs
Recommendations for Preventing ... restoration to CD4 ... fluid support and nutritional ... : • The best treatment ... #Treatment #management
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
nutrients • TPN for treatment ... rate (i.e. infections ... excluded limb • Treatment ... and prevention ... gastroenterology #diagnosis #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... advanced disease Complications ... mycobacteria Treatment ... • Preventing exacerbations ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: • CBC ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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epidural hematoma • infections ... constipation Differential ... toon • Spinal infection ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... Equina #syndrome #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Direct microbial infection ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... management #neurology #differential