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Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
) • FCP, CRP, Colonoscopy ... Infection, Cdiff Mild Colitis ... CAMs (curcumin, probiotic ... Waseem_AhmedMD #Ulcerative ... #5ASA #Refractory
Ulcerative Colitis - Endoscopic Assessment of Disease Activity
UCEIS Score 0, Mayo Score 0 - Normal
UCEIS Score
Ulcerative Colitis ... Normal UCEIS Score 1- ... 3, Mayo Score 1 ... - Spontaneous bleeding ... grading #severity #diagnosis
Mayo UC Endoscopic Classification
 • Score = 0 (normal or inactive disease) - Normal vascular pattern
pattern • Score = 1 ... - Spontaneous bleeding ... Classification #ulcerative ... #colitis #gastroenterology ... #colonoscopy
Endoscopic Findings in Active Ulcerative Colitis
 • Ulcer with spontaneous bleeding
 • Erythema
 • Mucosal scar
Findings in Active Ulcerative ... Colitis • Ulcer ... with spontaneous bleeding ... #Colitis #UC #clinical ... gastroenterology #colonoscopy
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
Enteropathies (1 ... regional enteritis, ulcerative ... colitis Rare ( ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #AAFP
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... more): Genital ulceration ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Crohn disease, ulcerative ... colitis, spondyloarthritis
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Pseudomembranous colitis ... → Fulminant Colitis ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity - UCEIS
Vascular pattern
   0 = normal - Normal
Ulcerative Colitis ... vascular pattern Bleeding ... edge #UCEIS #Ulcerative ... #Colitis #UC #Endoscopy ... grading #severity #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Pre-Op Questions: 1. ... ASA class If ... Change in clinical ... - what is the bleeding ... stratification #diagnosis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
within the first 1 ... decrease in HIV-1 ... initiation Clinical ... Virus - Genital ulceration ... : pneumonitis, colitis