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Modified Johnson Classification for Gastric Ulcers
Type I - Gastric body, lesser curvature
Type II - Body of
Modified Johnson Classification ... Type I - Gastric ... IV - High on lesser ... Ulcers #Johnson #Classification ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Types of Bariatric Surgery
Adjustable Gastric Banding:
 • Decreasing in prevalence, 3% of bariatric surgeries performed
 •
Types of Bariatric ... pouch • High rate ... bypassing small bowel ... and Hepatology ... #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Syndrome (IBS) - ... Rome IV Criteria ... Giardia in those at high ... - Rule out inflammatory ... and Hepatology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
AMI • PUD • Gastric ... • Irritable bowel ... disease • Inflammatory ... bowel disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Causes of High-anion ... of High-anion Gap ... pancreatic or small-bowel ... Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ... Calcineurin inhibitors IV
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... • Rome IV Criteria ... and Hepatology ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
Consider refeeding syndrome ... treatment, but high ... bolus to the small bowel ... bypass causes increased ... and Hepatology
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
Causes of a low ... Shwachman-Diamond syndrome ... syndrome, Inflammatory ... overgrowth, HIV ... #gastroenterology
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis
Osmotic
 • Food/Drink: Lactose intolerance, Artificial sweeteners (e.g. sorbitol, high
Causes of Chronic ... e.g. sorbitol, high ... • Irritable bowel ... bowel disease ( ... #classification
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Gastrointestinal inflammatory ... Most common - gastric ... DDX - Other causes ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... , HIV) • Glucocorticoid