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Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Bowel Regimen Guide
Osmotic agents (draws water into bowel, thereby loosening stool
Guide Osmotic agents ... Polyethylene glycol - Nausea ... enema - Discomfort during ... pharmacology #table #agents ... #internship #comparison
Potassium-Binding Agents to Treat Hyperkalemia
Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma):
 • Mechanism: Preferentially captures K in exchange for
Potassium-Binding Agents ... and sodium • Dosing ... binds magnesium • Dosing ... and calcium • Dosing ... pharmacology #table #comparison
Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Intake:
 • GI illness (upper and lower)
 • Psychiatric (Depression,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Malabsorption: • Small Bowel ... Disease • Protein-losing ... Inflammatory Bowel ... #Causes
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
24-48 h and ANC rising ... Treat underlying cause ... urinary retention, bowel ... and APL (~25 %) during ... differentiating agent
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
infections can cause ... appendicitis • Nausea ... usually present during ... diarrhea (etiologic agent ... postinfectious irritable bowel
Rome IV Criteria for diagnosing Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders (FAPD)
Irritable bowel syndrome
The criteria must be fulfilled
FAPD) Irritable bowel ... not irritable bowel ... following: anorexia, nausea ... not occur solely during ... physiological events