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Ulcerative Colitis - Endoscopic Assessment of Disease Activity
UCEIS Score 0, Mayo Score 0 - Normal
UCEIS Score
- Endoscopic Assessment ... - Spontaneous bleeding ... grading #severity #diagnosis ... #gastroenterology ... UCEIS #scoring #ibd
Forrest Classification of Upper GI Bleeding
Acute Hemorrhage
  Ia - Active Spurting, Re-bleeding Risk 60-100%
Classification of Upper GI ... Bleeding Acute ... Risk 60-100% Ib ... GIBleed #UGIB #diagnosis ... #endoscopy #gastroenterology
Lower GI Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Structural:
 - Diverticulosis
 - Post-Polypectomy Bleeding
 - Hemorrhoids
 - Polyps
Lower GI Bleed - ... Post-Polypectomy Bleeding ... Inflammatory: - Ischemic ... Colitis - IBD ... #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Family history of IBD ... Diverticulitis • IBD ... • GI malignancy ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... #gastroenterology
Causes of Small Bowel Ulceration
The diagnosis of IBD can’t be made or excluded by biopsies alone
diagnosis of IBD ... this requires clinical ... and endoscopic ... ) • Vascular: Ischaemia ... #gastroenterology
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
- Differential Diagnosis ... , asymptomatic IBD ... Overt Bleeding ... OUT BRISK Upper GI ... Acute colitis (ischemia
Ischemic Colitis on Colonoscopy
35yo male, PR bleeding, mucoid stool, tennesmus, abdominal cramping pain, low grade fever,
35yo male, PR bleeding ... stool, tennesmus, abdominal ... #Colonoscopy #endoscopy ... #gastroenterology ... #clinical
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
Clinical manifestations ... 50%): Myocardial ischemia ... respiratory arrest GI ... intestinal edema, abdominal ... cramps, vaginal bleeding
Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity - UCEIS
Vascular pattern
   0 = normal - Normal
Ulcerative Colitis ... vascular pattern Bleeding ... grading #severity #diagnosis ... #gastroenterology ... #scoring #ibd
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations
 • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
photophobia • GI ... - Inflammatory ulceration ... may be seen on endoscopy ... but IBD is more ... pathophysiology #diagnosis