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Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
Prevention and Treatment ... of Nutritional Complications ... Surgery #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Treatment #Complications ... #Deficiencies #Gastroenterology
Treatment algorithm for VTE in Malignancy

(A) Suggested treatment algorithm for symptomatic and incidental DVT or PE
at high risk of bleeding ... §Assess drug-drug ... interactions and bleeding ... recurrent VTE and bleeding ... complications in
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Large volume feeding ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... several months of treatment ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
severe clinical complications ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... • Slow initial feeding ... initiation of feeding ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
Complications after ... nutrients • TPN for treatment ... inuslin release leading ... excluded limb • Treatment ... #diagnosis #differential
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
equivocal • CT A/P: Assess ... complications ( ... KUB ↓↓Sens for complications ... mg PO qd - If needing ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
Complications of Acute Pancreatitis
Systemic
 - Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
 - Hypoxia
 - Hyperglycaemia
 - Hypocalcaemia
Complications of ... - Necrosis - Abscess ... effusion Upper GI bleeding ... Obstructive jaundice #Complications ... Pancreatitis #Diagnosis #Differential
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Autoimmune, PUD (posterior ... early; late to assess ... for complications ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Gastroenterology
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Mechanical Complications ... Ischemic MR: • Posterior ... commonly affected • Assess ... cardionerds #Complications ... acuteMI #cardiology #differential
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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constipation Differential ... Spinal infection/abscess ... perineum, and posterior ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... Equina #syndrome #differential