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What is Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
 • Screening for colorectal cancer in average risk population
What is Fecal Occult ... setting - Guaiac ... Ingested blood: epistaxis ... Fellowship @UMassGI #Fecal ... Testing #FOBT #Guaiac
Epistaxis Management Algorithm
External Compression
Cautery
Packing
Posterior Control

#Management #Epistaxis #Algorithm #Nasal #NoseBleed
Epistaxis Management ... Algorithm External ... #Management #Epistaxis ... #Algorithm #Nasal
Causes of Inaccurate Fecal Occult Blood Test Results 

False Positive gFOBT:
Ingestion of nonhuman heme (eg, meat
of Inaccurate Fecal ... non-Gl blood (eg, epistaxis ... medication #Guaiac ... #FOBT #Fecal #OccultBlood
Epistaxis Management Algorithm / Checklist

1. blow out clots 
2. vasoconstrictor spray 
3. nose clip or direct
Epistaxis Management ... Algorithm / Checklist ... /emupdates #Epistaxis ... Nasal #NoseBleed #Algorithm
Intrapartum Abnormal Fetal HR Tracing - Causes of Variability & Decelerations - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Minimal/Absent Variability
Intrapartum Abnormal Fetal ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (< 5 bpm): • Fetal ... compression • Fetal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Intrapartum Abnormal Fetal HR Tracing - Causes of Bradycardia and Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Abnormal Variability:
Intrapartum Abnormal Fetal ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bradycardia • Fetal ... Tachycardia • Fetal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Systemic disease - Fecal ... fat Increased fecal ... overgrowth Normal fecal ... Diarrhea #management #algorithm
Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hematemesis • Epistaxis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Diffuse and Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Reactive (Inflammatory / Infectious)
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... ) #Diffuse #Focal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Iron Deficiency Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Labs: Ferritin, iron, transferrin, TIBC, TSAT, sTfR

 • Blood loss:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... bleed, Gyn bleed, Epistaxis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm