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Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
diet therapy CD > UC ... #Inflammatory #BowelDisease
#GI #LGIB #Hematochezia #Diverticulosis #Crohn #UC #Mesenteric #Ischemia #AVM
Diverticulosis #Crohn #UC
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
Persistent UC Symptoms ... correlates w active UC ... Ulcerative #Colitis #UC
Thiopurines in IBD
Indications:
 • Steroid-sparing agents indicated for maintenance of remission in UC and CD
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of remission in UC ... #Inflammatory #BowelDisease
Pyloric Stenosis

Dr. Michael Schick @UltrasoundStuff - UC Davis Emergency Medicine 
#Clinical #Peds #Pediatrics #POCUS #Pyloric #Stenosis
UltrasoundStuff - UC
IBD - Assessment of Lack of Response (sLOR) - Differential Diagnosis
Non-inflammatory mechanisms:
 • IBS
 • Fibrostenotic
#Inflammatory #BowelDisease
Severe Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithms
 - Adult outpatients with moderate to severely active ulcerative colitis
Ulcerative #Colitis #UC
Mayo UC Endoscopic Classification
 • Score = 0 (normal or inactive disease) - Normal vascular pattern
Mayo UC Endoscopic ... ulcerations #Mayo #UC
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
disease (Crohn’s, UC
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
bowel disease: UC