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Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
patients with anemia, diagnose ... inflammation or chronic ... change medical management ... Gastrointestinal #Evaluation #workup ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... Failure (ACLF) Clinical ... months without treatment ... Cirrhosis #Hepatology #gastroenterology ... #management #diagnosis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... • Immunologic Workup ... life-threatening • Treatment ... • Evolution: Chronic
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
and Management ... Autoimmune, PUD (posterior ... Imaging findings Workup ... #Management #Treatment ... #Gastroenterology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
myasthenia Diagnosis ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... inhibition - Chronic ... #management #neurology
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
Related Disease Clinical ... with response to treatment ... specific laboratory tests ... #management #phenotypes ... #workup #treatment
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Chronic Pancreatitis ... sensitivity) Clinical ... EmoryGastroHep #Chronic ... #management #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... • Immunologic Workup ... • Evolution: Chronic ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... characteristic features Clinical ... malignancy, and chronic ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Spore ingestion → colonic ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology