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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... Most common - gastric ... immunoglobulin A, E, G, ... DDX - Other causes
Gastric Acid Secretion - Pathophysiology
Chief cell - Pepsinogen
Parietal cell - Acid, Intrinsic factor
G cell - Gastrin
Inhibitors:
Gastric Acid Secretion ... Intrinsic factor G ... cell - Gastrin Inhibitors ... Gastric - Distension ... hormone release #Gastric
Blakemore Tube Procedure Instructions

1) Resuscitate & Intubate  - After resuscitating. intubate with head of bed
stopcock in the gastric ... port. 4) Label "G" ... just above the gastric ... OG tube with "G" ... for gastric.
Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
• Adjustable Gastric ... • Roux-en-Y Gastric ... one anastomosis) Gastric ... Deficiencies By Chuma G.
Types of Bariatric Surgery
Adjustable Gastric Banding:
 • Decreasing in prevalence, 3% of bariatric surgeries performed
 •
Surgery Adjustable Gastric ... creates a 30-40ml gastric ... line leak, mid-gastric ... GERD Roux-en Y Gastric ... ulcers by Chuma G.
Upper Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Hematemesis/Melena
 - Blood in vomitus?/black, tarry stools
 - If
Disease (55%): - Gastric ... Hypertension (15%): • Gastro-esophageal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Previous gastric ... laxative abuse (1000 g/
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
RBC casts in urine ... subnephrotic range (< 3.5 g/ ... but in severe cases ... proteinuria (> 3.5 g/
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes ... Pneumothorax Other Causes ... - Rupture • Gastric ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Nutrient Deficiencies and Supplementation Post Gastric Bypass Surgery
Nutrient Deficiencies:
 • Most frequent in the malabsorptive surgeries
Supplementation Post Gastric ... • Persistent nausea ... MGB) by Chuma G. ... Supplementation #Gastric