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Pancreatitis Complications - Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Fluid Collections
Interstitial Edematous (85%):
 • Acute Pancreatic Fluid Collection (APFC)
15%): • Acute necrotic ... • Walled-off necrosis ... pancreatic duct syndrome ... #pseudocyst #management ... #gastroenterology
Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Severe Pancreatitis
Pathophysiology
Diagnosis of Pancreatic Necrosis
Infected Necrosis
Complications of Severe Pancreatitis: 
1) Pancreatic Fistula
2) Disconnected
Management of Necrotizing ... Complications ... Pancreatic Duct Syndrome ... #Pancreatitis #Management ... #gastroenterology
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Seizure Late onset complications ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Management ... self-limited) • Antibiotics ... #Overview
Acute Esophageal Necrosis
History: Hematemesis and/or melena (70%), Dysphagia, Epigastric/chest pain, Sepsis
Diagnosis EGD and Biopsy
Differential: Melanosis, Melanoma,
Acute Esophageal Necrosis ... Klebsiella, pneumoniae) Management ... Surgery consults +/- antibiotics ... Acute #Esophageal #Necrosis ... #gastroenterology
Cholecystitis - Diagnosis and Management Overview
Types - Acute Calculous, Acalculous, Xanthogranulomatous (chronic)
Complications 
 - Gangrenous (most
Diagnosis and Management ... Overview Types ... Xanthogranulomatous (chronic) Complications ... Ileus - Mirizzi Syndrome ... - Bouveret's Syndrome
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
broad spectrum antibiotic ... Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... supportive care Complications ... #diagnosis #management ... #gastroenterology
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) Basics
 - EGD Timing
 - EGD Complications
 - Review of Gastric Anatomy
 - EGD
Timing - EGD Complications ... Pre-Procedure antibiotics ... #EGD #Basics #gastroenterology ... #endoscopy #managmenet
Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
of Nutritional Complications ... Switch (BPD-DS) Management ... Failure Metabolic Complications ... Surgery: • Dumping Syndrome ... #Deficiencies #Gastroenterology
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
to assess for complications ... ), MRCP (necrosis ... • Antibiotics ... calcitonin • Infected Necrosis ... #Treatment #Gastroenterology
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... (STSS) Complication ... rash, soft tissue necrosis ... #Toxic #Shock #Syndrome ... STSS #treatment #management