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Malabsorption
Crohn's Disease Assessment
- Diarrhea
- 5-6 per day
- Cramping Abdominal Pain
- Fever
- Weight Loss
- Malabsorption
- Anemia
- Complications
- Obstruction
- Fistulas
2 mins
Crohn's Symptoms and Associations
- Diarrhea
- Malabsorption
- Bile-Wasting
- Pigment Gallstones
- Oxalate Kidney Stones
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Erythema Nodosum
- Uveitis
- Migratory Polyarthritis
2 mins
Whipple's Disease
- Tropheryma Whipplei
- Gram-Positive
- Middle-aged, Caucasian men and Farmers
- Malabsorption
- Mesenteric Nodes
- Arthralgias
- Cardiac Symptoms
- Neurologic Symptoms
- PAS-positive Foamy Macrophages
1 min
Cystic Fibrosis Symptoms and Complications
- Recurrent Pulmonary Infections
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Nasal Polyps
- Pancreatic Insufficiency
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Malabsorption and Diarrhea
- Vitamin Deficiencies
- Chronic Hepatic Disease
- Infertility in Males
1 min
Celiac Disease Characteristics
- Epidemiology
- European Descent
- HLA-DQ2
- HLA-DQ8
- Pathophysiology
- Autoimmune-mediated Intolerance of Gliadin
- Symptoms
- Dermatitis Herpetiformis
- Weight Loss
- Failure to Thrive
- Decreased Bone Density
- Steatorrhea
- Anemia
2 mins
Cystic Fibrosis Mechanisms
- Autosomal Recessive
- CFTR Chromosome 7
- Cl- channel Defect
- Decreased Chloride Secretion
- Increased Na and Water Reabsorption
- Increased Na and Cl in Sweat
- Dehydration of Mucous Layers
2 mins
Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Diagnosis
- Sweat Chloride Test > 60 mmol/L
- Meconium Ileus
- Treatment
- N-acetylcysteine
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Pulmonary Maintenance
- Lung Transplant
- Vitamin Replacement
1 min
Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome Disease
- Pathophysiology
- Gastrin-Secreting Tumor
- Increased Gastric Acid
- Recurrent Peptic Ulcers
- MEN Type 1
- Symptoms
- Abdominal Pain
- Heartburn (Pyrosis)
- Diarrhea
3 mins
Celiac Disease
- Cause
- Intestinal Mucosa Damage
- Ingestion Wheat, Barley, Rye
- Assessment
- GI Distress
- Steatorrhea
- Weight Loss
- Dermatitis Herpetiformis
- Interventions
- Gluten-free Diet
- Considerations
- Screening
2 mins
Celiac Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Diagnosis
- Blunting of Intestinal Villi
- Lymphocytes in Lamina Propria
- Anti-gliadin Antibodies (IgA)
- Anti-endomysial Antibodies (IgA)
- Anti-tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies (IgA)
- Treatment
- Gluten-Free Diet
- Corticosteroids
- Dapsone
- Complications
- Intestinal Lymphoma
2 mins
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency Causes
- Causes
- Vegans
- Pernicious Anemia
- Gastric Bypass Surgery
- Malabsorption
- Sprue
- Enteritis
- Crohn's Disease
- Diphyllobothrium latum
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