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PEG Tube Placement - Scoping Summary
 • PEG: Push vs Pull Technique
 • Most Common Indications
meal) - In case ... PEG contact your pharmacist ... #percutaneous #gastrostomy
Causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency - Cobalamin
Decreased Intake
Pancreas: Insufficiency
Intestine: SIBO, Celiac disease, IBD, Lymphoma, Amyloidosis, Resection,
Causes of Vitamin ... anemia, Bypass/gastrectomy ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
in Anaesthesia Caused ... • Call for ultrasound ... re-assess using ultrasound ... • Ideally use ultrasound ... shoulder but using ultrasound
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Atrophic gastritis, Gastrectomy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Solid or Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Solid Renal Mass:
 • Benign <3
Causes of Solid ... - Anechoic on ultrasound ... Well-demarcated on ultrasound ... Irregular border on ultrasound ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Pancreatic Cyst Diagnosis on Endoscopic Ultrasound EUS
Features of low cancer risk: No symptoms caused by the
on Endoscopic Ultrasound ... risk: No symptoms caused ... risk: Symptoms caused ... such as jaundice, nausea
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... Testing Common causes ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Tests to evaluate cause ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound
Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Causes of Low Vitamin ... Surgery - Post-gastrectomy
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Causes of Copper ... post-bariatric surgery, gastrectomy
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Family history, ultrasound ... Sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes