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Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Bowel Regimen Guide
Osmotic agents (draws water into bowel, thereby loosening stool
Cards - Inpatient Bowel ... draws water into bowel ... Notice that docusate ... pocketcardset #Bowel ... table #agents #internship
Summary of Randomized Controlled Trials Studying Docusate 

Source Article: https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/193136/hospital-medicine/things-we-do-no-reason-prescribing-docusate-constipation

#Docusate #Colace #RCTs #Evidence #EBM #Trials
Trials Studying Docusate ... things-we-do-no-reason-prescribing-docusate-constipation ... #Docusate #Colace
Labeled Abdominal XRay Anatomy - Small Bowel Series / Small Bowel Follow Through 
#Anatomy #Radiology #Abdomen
Anatomy - Small Bowel ... Series / Small Bowel ... #XRay #Small #Bowell
Intern Pocket Cards - Electrolyte Repletion Guide
Electrolyte Repletion:
 - Potassium (ref range 3.5-4.5)
 - Magnesium (ref
management #inpatient #internship
Pharmacologic Management of Constipation 
Fiber Laxatives
 - Bran powder
 - Psyllium
 - Methylcellulose
 - Calcium polycarbophil
Surfactants - Docusate
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
Small and Large Bowel ... Inflammatory bowel ... Hernias Ischemic bowel ... #Small #Large #Bowel
Intern Pocket Cards - Increasing Levels of Care

 • Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
 • Intermediate Care/Step-Down
Discharge #table #internship
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Mechanical Bowel ... Ileus: Functional bowel ... Physical blockage of bowel ... • Infrequent bowel ... • Hyperactive bowel
Suggested algorithm for treating irritable bowel syndrome-diarrheal type (IBS-D) 

#IBSD #diarrhea #Algorithm #irritable #bowel #syndrome #management
treating irritable bowel ... Algorithm #irritable #bowel
Normal Colonic Diameters
Normal bowel caliber can be remembered using the 3-6-9 rule:
 - Small bowel: <3
Diameters Normal bowel ... rule: - Small bowel ... 3 cm - Large bowel