General Internal Medicine

General Gastroenterology

Questions discussed in this category

How would you approach the consideration of continuing or ceasing colonoscopy for colon cancer screening in a relatively fit man in his 80s without a history of polyps on prior colonoscopies?

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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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How would you approach the treatment of a patient with solid food esophageal dysphagia and GERD without a detectable esophageal stricture on upper endoscopy?

Would empiric esophageal dilation exacerbate GERD physiology?

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

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

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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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Papers discussed in this category

The Journal of infection, 2011-11

Norovirus gastroenteritis successfully treated with nitazoxanide.

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 2006 Nov 15

Nitazoxanide in the treatment of viral gastroenteritis: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Journal of tropical medicine, 2017 Feb 26

Nitazoxanide in Acute Rotavirus Diarrhea: A Randomized Control Trial from a Developing Country.

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