Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Ulcerative Colitis vs Crohn's Disease - IBD Comparison Table
Ulcerative Collitis
 - Location
Crohn's Disease - IBD ... Comparison Table ... β€’ Always affects ... Crohns #Disease #IBD ... #Comparison #Table
Inherited Qualitative Platelet Defects
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome
 β€’ Defect of adhesion due to a lack of GP Ib/IX/V
Qualitative Platelet Defects ... to a lack of GP Ib ... Thrombasthenia β€’ Defect ... #comparison #table ... #differential #
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 β€’ Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 β€’ Eosinophilic Leukemia
 β€’ MPN/MDS
Eosinophilia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... histiocytosis β€’ Allergic ... IBD Stanford Internal ... #allergy
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - 
Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS), Inclusion Body Myositis
Body Myositis (IBM ... Idiopathic #Myopathy #Comparison ... #Managment #algorithm ... #Rheumatology #Differential
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Chronic diarrhea / IBD ... - Genetic defects ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic ... Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Acute #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
initial treatment algorithms ... Sudden onset β€’ Abd ... onset β€’ Moderate abd ... mesentericischemia #comparison ... differences #diagnosis #table
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 β€’ Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
loss, malaise β€’ Allergic ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #eosinophilia
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
Bowel Disease (IBD ... ) Diet affects ... balanced, nutritious Table ... #Nutrition #comparison ... #table #management