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Relapsing Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Loss of Response:
 • (Re)consult Colorectal Surgery
 • Assess
Severe Ulcerative Colitis ... Adherence • Assess Disease ... Activity: Flex Sig ... up • Surgery ≠ Treatment ... #IBD #Treatment
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
 •
- Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Signs and symptoms ... unresponsive to treatment ... Addisons, microscopic colitis ... Inflammatory (IBD
Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Curcumin:
 • Natural phytochemical from turmeric
 • 2g/day divided in 2-3
Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis ... - Management Algorithm ... dosing if liver disease ... #Ulcerative #Colitis ... #treatment #IBD
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
and diplopia) • Vascular ... , ulcerative colitis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... #rheumatology #
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
the chest/trunk Symptoms ... A nonpruritic macular ... negative RF and ANA ... Treatment - Mild ... AOSD #diagnosis #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
- GI tract: abdominal ... Presentation - Systemic Symptoms ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... LFT • ESR • ANA ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Similar symptoms ... Pediculus humanus, AKA ... Assc symptoms include ... Treatment is tetracycline ... Infectious Diseases
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Anti-MDA5 (RP-ILD ... ), dermato-rheumatologic ... < 20 % IBM • Anti-cytoplasmic ... /muscular atrophy ... Myositis #Myopathy #rheumatology