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Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... Epigastric abdominal pain ... Familial, Infectious, Ischemia ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... Family history of IBD ... Diverticulitis • IBD ... Constipation • Irritable ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
on ABx) → Acute ... ± blood/mucus, Abd ... pain, Fever, ↑WBC ... immunocompromised, IBD ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
question after cross-sectional ... secretin-enhanced MRCP ... • Abdominal pain ... diagnosis #management #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Causes of Small Bowel Ulceration
The diagnosis of IBD can’t be made or excluded by biopsies alone
The diagnosis of IBD ... requires clinical and endoscopic ... • Enteritis: Crohn's ... ) • Vascular: Ischaemia ... #differential #gastroenterology
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
nutrients • TPN for treatment ... (N/V bloating, abd ... pain) and vasomotor ... risk is low • ERCP ... excluded limb • Treatment