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Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
of Nutritional Complications ... Switch (BPD-DS) Management ... Gallstones • Liver Disease ... Surgery #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Deficiencies #Gastroenterology
Upper GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Upper GI bleed Suspected: Melena, hematemesis, coffee-ground emesis, BRBPR
Initial Stabilization
Concern for
Upper GI Bleed - Management ... Concern for Liver Disease ... • Peptic Ulcer Disease ... UGIB #GIBleed #Differential ... gastrointestinal #gastroenterology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... fraction < 20% Differential ... autoinflammatory diseases ... , Schnitzler) Complications ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
in Sickle Cell Disease ... predispose to other orthopedic ... complications. ... • Differentiate ... #differential #
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... Cardiac: Valvular Disease ... Syphilis, Cerebellar/Posterior ... Dizziness #dizzy #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Diagnosis and Management ... symptoms of liver disease ... Idiosyncratic #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #gastroenterology
Peritoneal Dialysis vs Hemodialysis - Advantages and Disadvantages 
Peritoneal Dialysis:
 • Access: Abdominal wall insertion of
non-dialysis days • Complications ... non-dialysis days • Complications ... Progressive neurological disease ... disadvantages #nephrology ... #management
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Diagnosis and Management ... Autoimmune, PUD (posterior ... to assess for complications ... hemorrhage Management ... #Treatment #Gastroenterology
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Summary

GERD: Diagnosis
• Heartburn (substernal burning sensation) and acid regurgitation
• Chest pain
Extraesophageal
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... GERD - Complications ... Extraesophageal complications ... #diagnosis #management ... #Gastroenterology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Posterior Reversible ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Reversible course Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology