GiT Updates and More

✳️ Types of hiatus hernia : Type 1️⃣: Sliding (>90%) Type 2️⃣: Paraoesophageal Type 3️⃣: Mixed (1️⃣+2️⃣) Type 4️⃣: + organ, eg bowel, pancreas

algorithm to management of chronic constipation

Gut fermentation syndrome

This nodular appearance is typical of an 'eosinophilic gastritis'. In textbooks you also find that lymphocytic gastritis can give rise to this appearance. However, LyC gastritis is usually intensely red with superficial linear ulceration. CMV gastritis look similar but the ulcers are usually round rather than linear.

✅ Leptospirosis review

Causes of Constipation

Hyperthyroidism

causes and management of elevated amonia

non selective beta blocker improve patient with portal hypertension

🐯 causes of nausea and vomiting ( amazing classification)

British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the management of irritable bowel syndrome 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2021-324598

Don’t always look for the rings; Sometimes all you have are the tracks when the blood is in the furrows( eosinophilic esophagitis )

infographic on diagnostic criteria and management of AKI, with relevance to cirrhosis

Anatomy of the bile ducts and gallbladder 💡 Note the spiral valves in the cystic duct (known as the valves of Heister)

👉 10 Tips for preventing looping during colonoscopy : 1️⃣ Minimise air 2️⃣ Decompress colon 3️⃣ Water exchange 4️⃣ Pressure 5️⃣ Position change 6️⃣ Avoid overangulation 7️⃣ Withdraw frequently 8️⃣ Observe Scope Guide 9️⃣ Thinner scope 🔟 Stiffener

causes of lymphocytosis

clinical features of liver disease in children

❇️ According to guidelines from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the American Heart Association (AHA) .. ✴️ Metabolic_Syndrome is diagnosed when a patient has at least 3 of the following 5 conditions: 1️⃣ FG ≥100 mg/dL (or receiving drug therapy for hyperglycemia) 2️⃣ BP ≥130/85 mm Hg (or receiving drug therapy for hypertension) 3️⃣ TG ≥150 mg/dL (or receiving drug therapy for hypertriglyceridemia) 4️⃣ HDL_C < 40 mg/dL in men or < 50 mg/dL in women (or receiving drug therapy for reduced HDL-C) 5️⃣ Waist_Circumference ≥102 cm in men or ≥88 cm in women; if Asian American, ≥90 cm in men or ≥80 cm in women