General Internal Medicine

Disorders of the Small Intestine

Questions discussed in this category

What is your approach to working up diarrhea in an immunocompromised patient?

1 Answer available

How do you manage GI side effects related to CFTR modulator therapy?

2 Answers available

Do you counsel patients with an ileostomy about significant diarrhea when treating the pelvis with radiotherapy?

Have you noted significant diarrhea until the ileostomy is reversed?

1 Answer available

How do you manage/treat acute radiation-induced enteritis?

Are there any medications that you can prescribe? Diet changes? Does this typically resolve on its own after time?

5 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

Am J Clin Nutr, 2017 Jul 05

Randomized controlled trial of dietary fiber for the prevention of radiation-induced gastrointestinal toxicity during pelvic radiotherapy.

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent), 2020 Jan 30

Ileostomy diarrhea: Pathophysiology and management.

Journal of clinical medicine, 2020 Dec 23

Real-World Safety of CFTR Modulators in the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis: A Systematic Review.

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