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IBD Colonoscopy Surveillance - BSG Guidelines 2019
High Risk - 1 Year
 •  Extensive colitis AND
IBD Colonoscopy ... Surveillance - BSG ... @drkeithsiau #IBD ... #Colonoscopy #Surveillance ... #CRC #BSG #Guidelines
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
diarrhea) • FCP, CRP ... , Colonoscopy • ... Escalate Treatment ... Mod/Severe Colitis ... Escalate Treatment
Relapsing Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Loss of Response:
 • (Re)consult Colorectal Surgery
 • Assess
Severe Ulcerative Colitis ... Flex Sig, FCP, CRP ... up • Surgery ≠ Treatment ... Management #Algorithm #IBD ... #Treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
arrived w/severe abd ... subspecies, P. h. capitis ... , headache and abd ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
allopurinol 300 mg BID ... myeloid leukemias; “big ... → no immediate treatment ... ) - Treatment: ... pleural effusions - Treatment