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Oct 23, 2022 15 tweets 10 min read Read on X
Health maintenance in inflammatory bowel disease with @dr_fcalderaibd

#MedTwitter #GITwitter #IBD #ACG2022 Image
Risk of serious and opportunistic infections with #IBD therapies Image
Vaccines in #IBD: safe and recommended ImageImage
🤒#IBD is associated with ⬆️ risk of influenza and related complications

💉Which vaccine? 👇 ImageImage
🫁#IBD is associated with ⬆️ risk of pneumonia

@dr_fcalderaibd likes PCV20: "One and done" ImageImage
🔴#IBD is associated with ⬆️ risk of herpes zoster ImageImage
How do we stay on top of vaccinating our patients? Find a vaccination champion! 🏅 Image
Having #IBD (or even being on biologics) does not increase the risk of severe #COVID19, but being on STEROIDS, being older, or having additional comorbidities do. Image
Most patients with #IBD successfully make antibodies in response to #COVID19 vaccination ImageImage
#COVID19 vaccination in #IBD ImageImage
🦴Screening for and treating osteoporosis Image
🦠Cervical cancer and #IBD: prevention is 🔑

@dr_fcalderaibd: let men know that HPV causes penile cancer Image
⚠️Black #IBD patients have ⬇️ rates of preventive care Image
Keep you 👀 out for the health maintenance checklist! Image
@dr_fcalderaibd summary on health maintenance in #IBD Image

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Oct 27
Gastroparesis with @BMoshiree

#MedTwitter #GITwitter #ACG2024 @AmCollegeGastro Image
Prevalence of gastroparesis-like symptoms: 1.3% worldwide, 3.7% in the US Image
Working up gastroparesis-like symptoms Image
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Oct 26
Treatment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

#MedTwitter #GITwitter #ACG2024 @AmCollegeGastro Image
✅Erythromycin
❌Metoclopramide Image
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❓PPI Image
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Mar 14
A master class on prokinetics from @NGMJournal! Here is a summary! 🧵👇

⚡️🎈〽️🪠🫀💩🚄🧠✳️🗯️💊📰🚽🔌🧪💡🧲📊🔎

#MedTwitter #GITwitter #motility #pharmacology

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
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Pyridostigmine & neostigmine
⚡️cholinesterase inhibitors
🧠pyrido should not cross the blood-brain barrier
🚽evidence in chronic idiopathic constipation and acute colonic pseudo-obstruction
🫄pregnancy class C; excreted in breastmilk
🫀cholinergic side effects, esp bradycardia Image
Acotiamide
⚡️inhibits cholinesterase and enhances ACh release via muscarinic receptors
🎈enhances gastric emptying and accommodation
🔥NERD & FD
🫄no safety data
💊side effects: nausea, abdominal distension, constipation Image
Read 20 tweets
Dec 15, 2022
I gave a talk on inpatient bowel regimens today for the @YaleMed @YaleIMed residents and students, with additional 💎s on outpatient #constipation. Here are the slides!

💩 💩 💩

#MedTwitter #GITwitter #motility #MedEd @YaleIM_Chiefs @MayoClinicGIHep
Most inpatients require a bowel regimen. Our patients typically have most of the risk factors for #constipation!
#Constipation is more about symptoms than frequency! 🚽

It’s also a *symptom* (like chest pain), so need to figure out what’s causing it and treat accordingly.
Read 20 tweets
Dec 13, 2022
💨The gut microbiota generates ~0.2L–1.5L of gas per day
💨>99%: hydrogen (H2), carbon dioxide (CO2), & methane (CH4)– *odorless*
💨foul smell of gas from <1%: sulfur–containing gases hydrogen sulfide (H2S), methanethiol (CH3SH), dimethyl sulfide [(CH3)2S] + volatile compounds
🦠bacteria in the colon ferment substrates that are not digested or absorbed in the upper GI tract (e.g. carbohydrates, proteins, fats)
🦠produce short-chain fatty acids, branched-chain fatty acids, ammonia, N-nitro compounds, phenolic and indolic compounds, and various gases
Read 15 tweets
Oct 23, 2022
Summarizing our learning at #ACG2022 today! 🧑‍🎓

@tinahamd @AmCollegeGastro #MedTwitter #GITwitter
💎 GI bleeding🩸
💎#IBD
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