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 ... ileum β€’ Most cases ... #Comparison #Table ... #UC
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 β€’ Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... , UC/Chrons (IBD ... Lower #GIBleed #differential ... #diagnosis #Causes ... #algorithm
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
between ischemic colitis ... initial treatment algorithms ... mesentericischemia #comparison ... #differences #diagnosis ... #table
Elevated Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pancreatic causes:
 - Pancreatic cancer
 - Complications pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst
 -
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pancreatic causes ... sulindac - Active IBID ... disease, ulcerative colitis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 β€’ 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 β€’ Risk factors: BMI,
Algorithm β€’ 40- ... Prevalence Crohn's > UC ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... /other causes β€’ ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
AIP: acute interstitial ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Comparison #Table
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 β€’ (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... , Beomycin β€’ Acute ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Features That Differentiate ... it difficult to differentiate ... life-threatening causes ... #Presentation #comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis
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Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 β€’ Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... heart failure, acute ... findings based on cause ... #Diagnosis #table ... #comparison #criticalcare
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
The table below ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... of blood smear, acute ... can be used for diagnosis ... often experience acute