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Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Bleeding - Differential ... Disease, Dieulafoy's ... #SmallBowel #Bleeding ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Causes #gastroenterology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... D-lactate (short bowel ... syndrome, intestinal ... restrictive lung disease ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #AcidBase
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
mellitus, Bile acid ... syndrome, Inflammatory ... bowel disease, ... elastase #low #differential ... diagnosis #causes #gastroenterology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
are caused by bleeding ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... or folic acid deficiency ... blood count with differential
Ileal Pouch Disorders - Differential Diagnosis
 • Surgical/Mechanical: Anastomotic leak, Pelvic sepsis, Sinus, Fistula, Strictures, Efferent
Pouch Disorders - Differential ... Cuffitis, Crohn's disease ... Small bowel bacterial ... Bone loss, Vit D/B12 ... Diagnosis #surgery #gastroenterology
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
Consider refeeding syndrome ... nutrients • TPN for treatment ... bolus to the small bowel ... Liver Disease in ... #diagnosis #differential
Etiologies of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
 • Inadequate intake - Rare but seen in very strict vegans
lack of stomach acid ... pump blockers is leading ... Abnormal small bowel ... malabsorption syndromes ... VitaminB12 #deficiency #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... worsening of that disease ... serositis peritonitis, bowel ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... #Differential #