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Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
Assessment (bloody diarrhea ... UC > non-bloody diarrhea ... ) • FCP, CRP, Colonoscopy ... CAMs (curcumin, probiotic ... Escalate Treatment
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Causes of Copper ... disease, ulcerative colitis ... gastrectomy, prolonged diarrhea ... Parenteral or enteral nutrition ... Differential #Diagnosis #nutrition
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
between ischemic colitis ... ischemia and ischemic colitis ... scripts and initial treatment ... tenderness, bloody diarrhea ... differences #diagnosis #table
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
initiation of nutrition ... changes and may cause ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
• Thiamine - Nausea ... immune function, diarrhea ... Bypass #vitamin #nutrition ... #table #differential
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
BP stable, HR 115 ... subspecies, P. h. capitis ... The table below ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment
Gastroenterology Endoscopy Tools and Accessories - A Visual Catalog for Trainees and Young Gastroenterologists
Biopsy Forceps:
for palliative treatment ... provide enteral nutrition ... patients requiring nutritional ... energy or heat to cause ... pictures as it passes
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
Table summarizes ... prebiotic and probiotic ... pain, wind and diarrhea ... #comparison #table ... #management #treatment
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
• Common Causes ... tongue), abd pain, diarrhea ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
still, but is able ... last ½ hour • 2 - nausea ... - vomiting or diarrhea ... multiple episodes of diarrhea ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment