Gastroenterology 1
Dumping syndrome treatment
Frequent small meals
IBS-D antibiotic treatment
Rifaximin
Treatment of chronic pancreatitis steatorrhea
Pancreatic enzymes
Number one cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in U.S.
Smoking
Study type providing the highest level of evidence
Systematic review
H. pylori eradication tests
Urea breath test, fecal antigen test, or gastric biopsy
Core principle in treating relapsed H. pylori infection
Use different antibiotics/regimen
Role of systemic glucocorticoids in IBD
Induction of remission, not maintenance therapy
USPSTF-recommended BP screening frequency in adults aged ≥40 years
Annually
USPSTF criterion for DM screening in patients aged 35-70 years
Obesity/overweight
Most common dermatologic manifestations of IBD
Erythema nodosum, pyoderma gangrenosum
Adjunctive therapies for short bowel syndrome
Loperamide, PPI
Infectious agents causing watery diarrhea
C. difficile, viruses, E. coli, cholera, cryptosporidia, G. duodenalis
Time to stop DOACs preoperatively
2-3 days before surgery
Threshold functional capacity for proceeding to surgery without further testing
4 METs
Treatment for moderate to severe Crohn disease in patients with high-risk disease or severe disease activity
Anti-TNF agents
Indications for surgical treatment of GERD
Failure of PPIs, desire to stop PPI, intolerable PPI adverse effects
When to resume aspirin for secondary prevention of CVD in GI bleeding
As soon as possible after hemostasis
Most common cause of postoperative hypoxia
Atelectasis
Pneumococcal vaccination for immunocompetent patients aged ≥50 years
PCV20 alone, PCV21 alone, or PCV15 followed by PPSV23 ≥1 year later
Indications for surgery in Crohn disease
Medically refractory fistula, fibrotic stricture with obstructive symptoms, refractory symptoms, cancer
Angiographic findings suggesting chronic mesenteric ischemia
>70% stenosis of two of three mesenteric arteries
Earliest age to initiate colonoscopy in Lynch syndrome
Age 20-25 years or 2-5 years before youngest relative's diagnosis
Perioperative management of untreated subclinical hypothyroidism
Proceed to surgery without further testing/treatment
Minimum preoperative DAPT duration after bare metal stent placement
14-30 days