8 results
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
Persistent UC Symptoms ... Drug Adherence • Disease ... Rule-Out Infection, Cdiff ... Optimize 5-ASA PO/PR ... Refractory #Treatment #Management
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Prevalence Crohn's > UC ... NRH & Heme eval. re ... ileal Crohn's/resection ... fatigue despite disease ... #management
Relapsing Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Loss of Response:
 • (Re)consult Colorectal Surgery
 • Assess
Response: • (Re ... Adherence • Assess Disease ... Diff. & CMV COVID ... #Management #Algorithm ... #IBD #Treatment
Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Curcumin:
 • Natural phytochemical from turmeric
 • 2g/day divided in 2-3
Ulcerative Colitis - Management ... : diet rich in pre ... Budesonide and UC ... dosing if liver disease ... #treatment #IBD
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
have concomitant IBD ... patients with persistently ... management. ... Cholangitis #diagnosis #management ... #summary #Hepatology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary ... Valvular heart disease ... Congenital heart disease ... sx: dyspnea on exertion ... Avoid ARBs • ICD
A proposed management algorithm for CDI in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. *Severe-complicated CDI is defined
algorithm for CDI ... inflammatory bowel disease ... These features are ... #CDI #CDiff #clostridiumdifficile ... #IBD #Algorithm
Ulcerative Proctitis
Proctitis:
 • Affects 1/3 patients
 • Predictors of extension:
     - Disease
extension: - Disease ... Infection (CMV, c-Diff ... Ulcerative #Proctitis #IBD ... #diagnosis #management ... #algorithm