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Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
fatigue despite clinical ... • Prevalence Crohn's ... ileal Crohn's/resection ... fatigue despite disease ... /other causes
Protein Losing Enteropathy
Clinical Presentation:
 • Volume overload: Peripheral edema, pleural effusion or ascites.
 • Gl symptoms
Losing Enteropathy Clinical ... without apparent cause ... : UC/Crohn, Gl malignancies ... lymphatics: Primary or secondary ... diagnosis #management #gastroenterology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... than 2/3 of the cross-sectional ... Check Vitamin B12 ... Deficiency: - Vitamin B12 ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... DDX: Rule Out Secondary ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... Workup: • Complete
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
Secondary achalasia ... ) Clinical Presentation ... infiltration or other secondary ... Three clinical features ... #gastroenterology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Secondary form ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... salivary ducts Clinical ... Cryoglobulinemia (4%-12% ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... • Parvovirus B19 ... : encephalitis secondary
Pyoderma Gangrenosum (PG)
50 M Crohn’s dz had a small pustule on the ankle 4 mo ago
Gangrenosum (PG) 50 M Crohn ... wide variety of clinical ... medications in most cases ... cyclosporine is used PG secondary ... treatment options
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
or excavation work ... • Clinical presentation ... involvement in >95% of cases ... : no treatment ... nodule/cavity: no treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
distance for O2 to cross ... arteriovenous shunting causes ... of orthodeoxia CLINICAL ... the left heart TREATMENT ... mortality rate of ~12%