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DIARRHEA

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CONSTIPATION

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ANAL FISSURE

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ANORECTAL ABSCESS

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ANORECTAL FISTULA

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PILONIDAL DISEASE

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INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

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IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROMME

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GERD

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ESOPHAGITIS

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ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE

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ESOPHAGEAL SPASM

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MALLORY WEISS/BOERHAAVE

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GASTRITIS

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PEPTIC ULCER

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GI BLEED

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DIVERTICULITIS

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-who you are
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If you give bad information, you'll get bad advice.
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APPENDICITIS

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  1. obstruction of the appendix
  2. Initial vague/colicky periumbilical or epigastric pain, pain shift to RLQ, worse when walking or coughing, N/V, low grade fever
  3. +Psoas/obturator, + rebound,
  4. CBC/DIFF, UA (Hematuria, pyuria)
  5. Broad spectrum IV abx
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  6. VGE, Constipation, Bowel obstruction
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CHOLECYSTITIS

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  1. bile concentration crystals create sludge, large fatty meal
  2. acute attack, pain in epigastrium or right hypochondrium, Vomiting, Fever
  3. Murphy sign, palpable gallbladder, Jaundice
  4. Plain rads, CT
  5. withhold of oral feedings, IV abx, narcs for pain
  6. MEDEVAC.
  7. Peptic ulcer, Acute pancreatitis, Hepatitis, Appendicitis, Pneumonia
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PACREATITIS

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  1. biliary tract disease or heavy alcohol intake, hyperlipidemia, hypercalcemia
  2. abrupt, steady, boring, epigastric pain, worse by walking and lying supine, better by sitting and leaning forward. radiates to the back or the right or left. N/V, hx of alcohol/heavy meal.
  3. Fever, tachycardia, hypotension, pallor/cool clammy, mild jaundice, upper abdl mass may be palpated
  4. CBC (leukocytosis), Elevated serum Lipase, UA (proteinuria, granular casts), Glucometer, Elevated serum lactic dehydrogenase. Plain radiographs, CT scan, US, EKG (ST-T waves changes)
  5. withholding food and liquids by mouth, bed rest, fluids, narcs for pain
  6. MEDEVAC.
  7. Acute cholecystitis, Duodenal ulcer, Intestinal obstruction, Leaking aortic aneurysm, Renal colic
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HERNIA

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BOWEL OBSTRUCTION

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SECONDARY PERITONITIS

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  1. appendicitis, cholecystitis, diverticulitis, pancreatitis, bowel perforation.
  2. fever, tachycardia, hypotension
  3. fetal position, board-like abdomen, shake the pelvis, + iliopsoas/obturator
  4. CBC/DIFF, UA, Blood Cultures, ABD Xray
  5. Broad spectrum IV ABX (ertapenem), Fluids
  6. MEDEVAC
  7. appendicitis, cholecystitis, diverticulitis, pancreatitis, bowel perforation

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