General Gastroenterology

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How do you approach managing nausea and GI side effects when initiating methotrexate?

How would you approach management of a patient with a medium-to-large vessel vasculitis who developed perforation of the stomach and colon on steroids and cyclophosphamide?

Vasculitis involving aorta, subclavian, common carotid, SMA, IMA, renal artery, and celiac artery.

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Is there a role for nitazoxanide for treatment of norovirus gastroenteritis in immunocompromised patients?

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Under what circumstances would you recommend early fecal microbiota transplantation over antibiotic treatment or bezlotoxumab in a patient with recurrent C. difficile infection?

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What is your approach to duration of fidaxomicin in a patient receiving treatment for first C difficile infection while also receiving concurrent antibiotics for an infection?

Do you extend the course of fidaxomicin past initial 10 days to at least 3-7 days after completion of antibiotics?

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What is your approach to treatment of patients with fulminant C difficile infection who required ileostomy creation or colectomy?

Is there a role for oral vancomycin in these patients, or is oral vancomycin redundant if other routes of administration are being used (i.e intracolo...

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How do you approach GI prophylaxis (e.g., PPIs, H2 blockers) in patients on long-term NSAIDs?

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What initial workup do you perform when there is a concern for porphyria?

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Should all patients diagnosed with B12 deficiency get a baseline EGD?

Should they be placed on routine EGD surveillance and if yes at what intervals?

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What is your treatment algorithm for management of retroperitoneal fibrosis that does not respond to high-dose glucocorticoids?

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When would you consider rituximab as induction therapy in IgG4-related disease?

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Would you intensify therapy in IgG4 related disease based solely on a persistently significantly elevated IgG4 level when all disease manifestations and inflammatory markers have normalized?

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Do you recommend probiotics to patients receiving pelvic radiotherapy?

Is there a specific brand or formulation you prefer? The literature supporting the use of probiotics does not standardize the type or dose of probiot...

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Should platelet transfusions be considered for anti-platelet agent reversal in patients with major bleeding?

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How do you approach a patient with IgG4-related disease who has failed rituximab and mycophenolate and continues to rely on high-dose steroids?

The case I am considering involves a patient with biopsy-proven fibrosing dacryoadenitis.

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For palliation of gastric bleeding due to malignancy, is a G-tube a contraindication for RT?

Would you reduce dose, e.g. from 30 Gy in 10 fractions to 20 Gy in 5 fractions, or hyperfractionate, e.g. 1.5 Gy bid to 20-30 Gy?

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What is your general approach to treating bleeding gastric masses with palliative RT?

Do you have any preferred dose fractionation schedules? What kind of margins do you use?

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