15 results
Perianal Crohn's Disease - IBD Algorithm

 • 5-40% w perianal fistula
 • ↑ risk if colonic
Perianal Crohn's Disease ... - IBD Algorithm ... risk if colonic CD ... #IBDAlgorithm #IBD ... #management #treatment
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... Clinical triad ... Muscular: normal CK ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Failure (ACLF) Clinical ... in those with CLD ... months without treatment ... underlying liver disease ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology
Mild-to-Moderate Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Curcumin:
 • Natural phytochemical from turmeric
 • 2g/day divided in 2-3
Ulcerative Colitis - Management ... Nissle • VSL#3: ↑ clinical ... dosing if liver disease ... #Colitis #UC #Management ... #treatment #IBD
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Algorithm Assess ... >20) - Obtain abdominal ... infection with chest x-ray ... - Concomitant diseases ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Management of Pruritus ... pruritus • Hematologic ... #Pruritus #Treatment ... #Algorithm #Hemodialysis ... #Nephrology #CKD
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
Clarkson’s Disease ... Relapsing-remitting course +++ Clinical ... , paresthesia, abdominal ... syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
Ulcerative Proctitis
Proctitis:
 • Affects 1/3 patients
 • Predictors of extension:
     - Disease
extension: - Disease ... rectal prolapse, CD ... , cancer Treatment ... #diagnosis #management ... #algorithm
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... that may trigger abdominal ... bloating, abdominal ... comparison #table #management ... #treatment