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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 ... Surgery: • Dumping Syndrome ... Surgery #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Gastroenterology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Refeeding Syndrome ... initiation of nutrition ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Nutrition #Differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Neurological symptoms: Acute ... Reversible course Differential ... , ADEM, Acute toxic ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... Autoimmune, PUD (posterior ... • Nutrition: ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Gastroenterology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
spine • MCC- acute ... Spinal infection/abscess ... perineum, and posterior ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #differential #
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
of Hemostasis - Differential ... von Willebrand syndrome ... • Warfarin • Acute ... Liver disease • Acute ... Ehlers Danlos Nutrition
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... aneurysms • Acute ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
unusual bruising or bleeding ... are caused by bleeding ... Platelet Disorders • Nutritional ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... blood count with differential
Complications of Acute Pancreatitis
Systemic
 - Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
 - Hypoxia
 - Hyperglycaemia
 - Hypocalcaemia
Complications of Acute ... inflammatory response syndrome ... - Necrosis - Abscess ... effusion Upper GI bleeding ... Pancreatitis #Diagnosis #Differential
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
on ABx) → Acute ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess ... mg PO qd - If needing ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology