Dr. Michael Chew @mchew85
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GrepMed Gastroenterology-Hepatology Editor, Academic Hospitalist UC Davis Medical Center Internal Medicine, Yale Gastroenterology Fellow '22
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Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Causes of Small Bowel ... : Inflammatory Bowel ... purpura, Small bowel ... Plummer-Vinson syndrome ... , Inherited syndromes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... functional somatic syndromes ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel ... #Syndrome #Pathophysiology
Carcinoid Syndrome - Pathophysiology, Signs and Symptoms
Symptoms: Flushing, diarrhea, palpitations, bronchospasm
Complications: Carcinoid heart, mesenteric fibrosis, pellagra,
Carcinoid Syndrome ... neuropsychological disorders ... #Carcinoid #Syndrome
Health Maintenance Checklist for Adult IBD Patients

Vaccine Preventable Diseases: Influenza (inactive), Pneumococcal PCV13, Pneumococcal PPSV23, Tdap,
, Skin screen, Colonoscopy ... #inflammatory #bowel
Trichuris dysentery syndrome on sigmoidoscopy (whipworms)

An 8y child was referred for sigmoidoscopy from a pediatric unit.
Trichuris dysentery syndrome ... Trichuris #dysentery #syndrome ... sigmoidoscopy #colonoscopy
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Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome ... syndrome, Inflammatory ... bowel disease, ... Small bowel bacterial ... Rheumatological disorders
Ileal Pouch Disorders - Differential Diagnosis
 • Surgical/Mechanical: Anastomotic leak, Pelvic sepsis, Sinus, Fistula, Strictures, Efferent
Ileal Pouch Disorders ... Efferent limb syndrome ... Afferent limb syndrome ... Small bowel bacterial ... #Ileal #Pouch #Disorders
Secondary Causes of Esophageal Eosinophilia (EoE) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Gastroesophageal reflux disease
 • Eosinophilic gastrointestinal
Hypereosinophilic syndrome ... Connective tissue disorders ... • Autoimmune disorders ... • Hyper-IgE syndrome ... • Netherton's syndrome
Rome IV Criteria for the Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

#Diagnosis #PrimaryCare #IBS #IrritableBowelSyndrome #RomeIV #Criteria
the Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome.
FODMAP (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols) elimination diet

#FODMAP #diet #foods #ibs #irritable #bowel #syndrome
ibs #irritable #bowel ... #syndrome