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Colorectal Cancer Screening and Polyp Surveillance Intervals
Colon Cancer Screening - Modality - Interval:
 • Colonoscopy -
Colorectal Cancer Screening ... Cancer Screening ... - Modality - Interval ... - q5 years • Colon ... Surveillance #Intervals #management
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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• Blood smear: Differential ... → Systematic screening ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Diagnosis and Management ... substantially increase mortality ... used SIRS for screening ... or in-hospital mortality ... recognition and treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
LV hypertrophy, colon ... Hyperphosphatemia (70%) • ↑Mortality ... due to CVD & colon ... Differential Diagnosis ... Endocrinology #Treatment
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Summary

GERD: Diagnosis
• Heartburn (substernal burning sensation) and acid regurgitation
• Chest pain
Extraesophageal
Incomplete/relief/treatment ... surgery (exclude motility ... Weight loss Screening ... of bed GERD Treatment ... Disease #diagnosis #management
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
incidence of 31-71%, mortality ... incidence 21%, mortality ... lesions or SSLs • Colon ... Colorectal #Cancer #colon ... comparison #table #management
Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
Colorectal Cancer Screening ... incidence 21%, mortality ... lesions or SSLs • Colon ... #Screening #Tests ... comparison #table #management
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... obstruction or a motility ... disorder → EGD Treatment ... #Dysphagia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Diagnosis and Management ... Predictors of Mortality ... • MRSA Nares screening ... CAP #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #Pulmonary