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Causes of acute intestinal obstruction:
-Adhesive disease
-Neoplasm 
-Herniation
-IBD
-Volvulus 
-Other

#Clinical #IntestinalObstruction #Differential #Surgery #Gastroenterology
Causes of acute intestinal ... Volvulus -Other #Clinical ... IntestinalObstruction #Differential
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
may cause severe clinical ... osteomalacia • Intestinal ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Obstruction - Differential ... Extrinsic to the Intestinal ... • Congenital: Intestinal ... #Obstruction #Differential
Intestinal Peristalsis seen on Abdominal Physical Exam

Visible intestinal peristalsis seen in a neonate

#Intestinal #Peristalsis #PhysicalExam #clinical
Intestinal Peristalsis ... Exam Visible intestinal ... a neonate #Intestinal ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Anal Atresia • Intestinal ... Stenosis • Intestinal ... #Constipation #Differential
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
larvae in the intestine ... female in small intestine ... Eggs deposited in intestinal ... and migrate to intestinal ... larvae in large intestine
Stool / Poop Color - What it may mean
 • Brown: In general, healthy stool is
through the large intestine ... Bleeding in the lower intestinal ... such as the large intestine ... #Poop #Color #Differential
Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia (GIM)
 • GIM is a precancerous, histopathologic change characterized by replacement of normal
Gastric Intestinal ... antral mucosa by intestinal ... pylori) gastritis Clinical ... ShailjaShahMD #Gastric #Intestinal
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
Clinical manifestations ... orbit, larynx, intestines ... vomiting, diarrhea, intestinal
Causes of hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Increased losses: enhanced urinary phosphate excretion
 • Decreased input:
hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Decreased input: intestinal ... hypophosphatemia #Causes #Differential