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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... and Bloating - Treatment ... Gastroparesis • Chronic ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic ... #gastroenterology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... months without treatment ... Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis (AAH ... #ACLF #Acute #Chronic ... Cirrhosis #Hepatology #gastroenterology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Workup: - ANA ... life-threatening • Treatment ... • Evolution: Chronic ... Management #Summary #rheumatology
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Chronic Pancreatitis ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... EmoryGastroHep #Chronic ... diagnosis #management #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
Workup: - ANA ... constitutional symptoms • Treatment ... life-threatening • Treatment ... • Evolution: Chronic ... comparison #table #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Recurrent and chronic ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... Glucocorticoids 5-ASA ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... LFT • ESR • ANA ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Immunosuppressed host): • Chronic ... pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... 85% • < 50% in chronic ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... infection) • Chronic