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Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Diet: ↓ Intake, e.g. vegan, Malnutrition, Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Inflammation: IBD ... #differential # ... diagnosis #anemia ... #nutrition
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Inadequate Intake: Vegetarian/vegan diet, Malnutrition
 • Increased Body Needs: Infants/preschoolers, Pregnancy,
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Inflammatory Disease (IBD ... #Deficiency #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #nutrition
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... - Differential ... cancer, ulcer, IBD ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Fe #algorithm
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Diagnosis • Inflammatory ... Non-infectious: IBD ... Amyloidosis, S/p surgery ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #gastroenterology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Inflammatory: • IBD ... Damage: • Post-op surgery ... malignancy • Iron
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Causes of Copper ... Diagnosis Hereditary ... post-bariatric surgery ... supplementation) or iron ... #Diagnosis #nutrition
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
 •
celiac disease • Iron-deficiency ... without discernable cause ... microscopic colitis Differential ... Inflammatory (IBD ... #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
(N/V bloating, abd ... Gastric bypass causes ... TypicallySilent via Emory Gastroenterology ... gastric #bypass #gastroenterology ... #diagnosis #differential
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
• Other: ERCP/surgery ... • Nutrition: ... gemfibrozil 600 bid ... Infected Necrosis - Dx ... Management #Treatment #Gastroenterology
Tongue Pathology 

Geographic tongue, fissured tongue, and hairy tongue are the most common tongue problems and
an underlying nutritional ... deficiency of iron ... immunodeficiency, is caused ... require biopsy to differentiate ... Recognition and diagnosis