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Ulcerative Colitis vs Crohn's Disease - IBD Comparison Table
Ulcerative Collitis
 - Location
Ulcerative Colitis ... IBD Comparison Table ... ileum • Most cases ... IBD #Comparison #Table ... #UC
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... Inflammatory: Ischemic colitis ... , Infectious colitis ... , UC/Chrons (IBD ... differential #diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Terminal Ileitis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infectious: Yersinia spp., Salmonella spp., C.diff, Neutropenic colitis,
Causes of Terminal ... C.diff, Neutropenic colitis ... Digoxin • Other: UC ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
The FAST exam from the case in this episode reveals a massive hemopericardium with tamponade. RV
exam from the case ... Crazy case with ... amazing pathology ... Vanden Berge MD, UC
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
lung) - CNS pathology ... - Pulmonary pathology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes #Sodium
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Primary Back Pathology ... compression fracture, Pathologic ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #primarycare #table
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
relapsing fever caused ... TBRF is caused by ... subspecies, P. h. capitis ... The table below ... BloodSmear #microscopy #pathology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... figger out what the pathology ... #Differential #Table
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Underlying valve pathology ... in up to 30% of cases ... Marantic #diagnosis #table
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
xeropthalmia (pathologic ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... vitamin #nutrition #table