7 results
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
Infection, Cdiff Mild Colitis ... CAMs (curcumin, probiotic ... Treatment Mod/Severe Colitis ... #Ulcerative #Colitis ... UC #Persistent #5ASA
Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Curcumin:
 • Natural phytochemical from turmeric
 • 2g/day divided in 2-3
Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis ... maintenance rates with 5ASA ... remission with 5ASA ... when switching 5-ASA ... #Ulcerative #Colitis
Elevated Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pancreatic causes:
 - Pancreatic cancer
 - Complications pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst
 -
obstruction - Drugs: 5-ASA ... disease, ulcerative colitis
JAK Inhibitors in 2019

Role in the therapeutic strategy in 2019
 • RA: 2nd line after failure
• Ulcerative colitis ... after failure of 5-ASA
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
Colovesical Fistula ... Causes of colovesical ... patient underwent robot-assisted ... colovesical fistula ... #Colovesical #Fistula
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
disease, ulcerative colitis ... Glucocorticoids 5-ASA
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
foreign body ○ Otitis ... disruption ○ Otitis ... Aminoglycosides, ASA