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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Management and Surveillance

- Screening should be considered for more than just men
Abdominal Aortic ... Management and Surveillance ... #Abdominal #Aortic ... #Management #Aorta ... #Vascular #Treatment
Natural history
Aneurysms may progress in size as a result of gradual wall weakening [6], with rupture
increases when AAA ... 4.5 cm in women and ... Guidelines for the treatment ... of abdominal aortic ... 37:1106-1117 #Management
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Distension and ... Bloating - Treatment ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Distension #Bloating #Management
Cushing's Syndrome - Moon Facies, Buffalo Hump, Abdominal Striae, Thin Skin

A young man presents with rapid
Cushing's Syndrome ... Buffalo Hump, Abdominal ... gain (license photo ... the patient's hand ... #Cushings #Syndrome
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis and Management 
Uterine Atony (80%) - Most PPH Will respond to
Using external abdominal ... hand, push uterus ... intravaginal examining hand ... of uterus with hand ... unresponsive to usual treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Paresthesias: Hands ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Management Summary ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... for diagnosis Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... Glucocorticoids 5-ASA ... #diagnosis #management
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Management Summary ... CSF: Oligoclonal bands ... Treatment: • ... SPS #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #neurology
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Management Summary ... a palpable abdominal ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... Treatment - Best ... initial test: abdominal