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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Management
Global IBS Symptoms:
  - Limited trial low FODMAP diet
Irritable Bowel ... Rifaximin- up to 3 courses ... and Hepatology ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel ... #treatment
Upper Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Hematemesis/Melena
 - Blood in vomitus?/black, tarry stools
 - If
Diagnosis Algorithm Acute ... Hematemesis/Melena - Blood ... colorectal/small bowel ... - Exclude bleeding ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
malignancy (Especially acute ... ABO incompatible blood ... Treatment: ... Treat primary cause ... #hematology
Hemophilia - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis:
 • Consistent bleeding history (unless screening for disease in family members
normal in mild cases ... Classify severity Treatment ... - Acute Bleeding ... by a hemophilia treatment ... #hematology
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
Persisting 1 week • Bloody ... illness (diarrhea leading ... Few infectious causes ... of acute gastroenteritis ... Indications #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... for diagnosis Treatment ... and Hepatology ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel ... #treatment
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, APML, CLL Acute ... the peripheral blood ... Blast cells - Blood ... -> AML: Blast crises ... #Leukemia #Hematology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... the patient • Blood ... • Irritable bowel ... aneurysms • Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... elevated white blood ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of ... with AEDs until cause
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
unusual bruising or bleeding ... skin that are caused ... by bleeding (petechiae ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology