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Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
Leukemia) • GI diseases ... - Celiac - IBD ... liver or kidney disease ... smoking, etoh, decr activity ... #Osteoporosis #pathophysiology
Esophageal Crohn's Disease Management Algorithm

Assess for Active Symptoms and for Stricturing/Fistulizing Disease
Stricturing DX:
 • Bx r/o
Esophageal Crohn's Disease ... Algorithm Assess for Active ... Stricturing/Fistulizing Disease ... Management #Algorithm #treatment ... #IBD
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
treat infectious diseases ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Relapsing Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Loss of Response:
 • (Re)consult Colorectal Surgery
 • Assess
Adherence • Assess Disease ... Activity: Flex ... up • Surgery ≠ Treatment ... Management #Algorithm #IBD ... #Treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... immunocompromised, IBD ... despite appropriate treatment ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Chronic kidney disease ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... Chronic kidney disease ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Person Syndrome Pathophysiology ... continuous motor unit activity ... Continuous motor-unit activity ... Person Syndrome Treatment ... Baclofen • Severe Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... Excessive glutamate activity ... Presentation: - Disease ... course of the disease ... diagnosis column Treatment
Crohn's Disease & New Diagnosis of Colon Cancer Algorithm
 - Define Colonic Disease Extent, Activity &
Crohn's Disease ... Extent, Activity ... Activity (MR Pelvis ... algorithm #management #treatment ... #ibd