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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Treatment Algorithm

IBS-Constipation:
 • Constipation: Osmotic laxatives
 • Abdominal pain: Antispasmodics

IBS-Diarrhea:
 • Diarrhea:
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) Treatment ... • Abdominal pain ... #Management #Algorithm ... #gastroenterology
Constipation Management Algorithm
What do you mean by constipation?
 - Infrequent bowel movements, difficult defecation or both?
Constipation Management ... - Infrequent bowel ... #Constipation #Management ... #Algorithm #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... Diagnosis and Management ... Recurrent abdominal pain ... #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
Inpatient Management ... Buprenorphine - Comparison ... medication assisted treatment ... Buprenorphine #Comparison ... #Pain #Management
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
stress. 60% of CP cases ... • Abdominal pain ... Pancreatitis #diagnosis #management ... #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Probiotics Guidelines
Adults with C difficile infection
 • Recommendation: Only in the context of a clinical trial
on antibiotic treatment ... with irritable bowel ... Probiotics #Guidelines #gastroenterology ... recommendations #management ... #evidence #ebm
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
alterations, and bowel ... or without back pain ... spinal MRI • No evidence ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Diagnosis and Management ... Pleuritic chest pain ... (LR + 1.8) • Rales ... low quality of evidence ... #treatment #Pulmonary
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
• Fever is the main ... Petechial or purpuric rash ... Histopathologic criteria: Evidence ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Evidence for Treatment of Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding
 • Octreotide (PMID: 11870374) - Endoscopic banding +
Evidence for Treatment ... around 90% of cases ... Bleeding #varices #management ... #ebm #evidence ... #gastroenterology