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Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
intolerance suspected, Colonoscopy ... performed, may show melanosis ... EGD +/- ERCP +/- colonoscopy ... Inflammatory: • Colonoscopy
Melanosis coli on Colonoscopy
 - Benign finding on colonoscopy
 - Ask about senna (anthranoid) use
Melanosis coli on ... Colonoscopy - ... Benign finding on colonoscopy ... , ↑ adenomas #Melanosis ... #coli #Colonoscopy
IBD Colonoscopy Surveillance - BSG Guidelines 2019
High Risk - 1 Year
 •  Extensive colitis AND
IBD Colonoscopy ... relative with CRC aged ... relative with CRC aged ... drkeithsiau #IBD #Colonoscopy
The principal endocrine 'axes' and glands. Parathyroid glands, adrenal zona glomerulosa and endocrine pancreas are not
principal endocrine 'axes ... #Endocrine #Axes ... Endocrinology #Pathophysiology
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy ... C-scope: • Incr Age ... Water assisted colonoscopy ... Incomplete #Difficult #Colonoscopy
Age Related Physiologic Changes and Anesthesia Implications

 - Mark Harris, MD MPH @ https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisMD

#Geriatrics #Aging #Anesthesia
Age Related Physiologic ... Aging #Anesthesia #Pathophysiology
Risk factors for atherosclerosis

Modifiable risk factors:
 - Dyslipidemia (elevated LDL, decreased HDL)
 - Tobacco smoking
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factors: - Advanced age ... relatives at a young age ... for females) #Pathophysiology
Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
factors • Age ... #Osteoporosis #pathophysiology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology ... Female sex, Younger age ... Bowel #Syndrome #Pathophysiology
Feedback Loop: Prolactin (PRL)
 • PRL levels exhibit diurnal, menstrual, and age-related variation
 • TRH has
menstrual, and age-related ... endocrinology #pathophysiology