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Bloating and Belching - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup
Phenotypes:
"The gastric bloater" - Gastric outlet obstruction, Gastroparesis,
Bloating and Belching ... "The gastric bloater ... The small bowel bloater ... The constipated bloater ... CRHarrington19 #Bloating
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... Vitreous Floaters ... , appearing as floaters ... Acute-onset flashes and floaters ... Risk factors for floaters
Retinal Detachment

Floaters - Cobweb appearance 
Photopsia - Flash of light 
Visual field defect - Flash of
Detachment Floaters
Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Bowel Regimen Guide
Osmotic agents (draws water into bowel, thereby loosening stool
glycol - Nausea, bloating ... Sorbitol - Abdominal bloating ... overload, gas, and bloating
Retinal detachment on Ocular POCUS

Patient: "I see floaters"
Me: "I see your problem" 

Dx - retinal detachment
Eric
Patient: "I see floaters
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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Distension and Bloating ... • Functional Bloating ... Abdominal #Distension #Bloating
COPD phenotypes:  Blue Bloaters vs. Pink Puffers
The two most stereotypical forms of COPD are pink
phenotypes: Blue Bloaters ... puffers and blue bloaters ... - Blue Bloaters
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Mixing Study
 • Clotting tests can be abnormal due to either a clotting factor deficiency, or
Mixing Study • Clotting ... due to either a clotting ... • Clotting tests ... Recheck abnormal clotting ... deficiency • Clotting
Effect of Anticoagulants on Coagulation Tests
PT / INR, aPTT, Anti-Xa Activity, Activated Clotting Time, Thrombin Time,
Activity, Activated Clotting ... Thrombin Time, Ecarin Clotting
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Abdominal pain, bloating