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Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation - CHA2DS2-VASc

I always tell my students, one of the first thing you
have 2 current guidelines ... Both guidelines ... least ONE non-sex risk ... least TWO non-sex risk ... #Management
Endoscopic Bleeding Risk - Summary points from ASGE guideline 

Low Risk Procedures 
 - Diagnostic endoscopy
points from ASGE guideline ... - Diagnostic ... #Gastroenterology ... LowRisk #HighRisk #Diagnosis ... #Management #Guidelines
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Pathophysiology: Spore ... immunocompromised, IBD) • ↑Risk ... Lowest Risk: Tetracyclines ... CDI Treatment Guideline ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines ... pre-existing history or risk ... consider need for anticoagulation ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... should be done on diagnosis ... suggest prophylactic anticoagulation ... e.g., <50%), ESC guidelines ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis
Gallbladder Polyps - Management Algorithm
 - demonstrated on ultrasound
 - excluding definite pseudopolyp
≥ 10mm -
Gallbladder Polyps - Management ... 10mm - Increased risk ... #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #gastroenterology ... #radiology #guidelines
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Symptom | Diagnosis ... Other - ALS, Dementia ... malignancy Risk ... #Management #gastroenterology
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines ... Temperature rise ... monitoring of: core ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia - ACG Guidelines

Who to suspect?
 • Patients presenting with progressive dysphagia
Diagnosis and Management ... Achalasia - ACG Guidelines ... Botulinum toxin • Pharmacologic ... #Management #ACG ... #Guidelines #gastroenterology
Hamartomatous Polyposis Syndromes - Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS), Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome (JPS), Cowden Syndrome (CS), Cronkhite-Canada (CC),
smooth muscle core ... colon → Likely risk ... Polyposis #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology