Episode 40 Diarrhea
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Intro Music: KI Instrumental (Rock Celtic) by Lyrium-2025
Outro Music: Endless Universe (Dreamy Summer) by Alex Grohl
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Produced by: Todd Fredricks DO MSS
Edited by: Todd Fredricks DO MSS
“The Ghost Map” by Steven Berlin Johnson, Riverhead 2006
Some good You Tube presentations on this.
“Superiority” by Arthur C. Clarke https://nob.cs.ucdavis.edu/classes/ecs153-2019-04/readings/superiority.pdf
WHO rehydration formula: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-FCH-CAH-06.1
I didn’t discuss POCUS for Hydration Assessment: https://www.pocus.org/inferior-vena-cava-ivc-assessment-for-volume-status-in-point-of-care-ultrasound-pocus-setting/
Answers for Episode 39 Constipation
Question 1:
A 68-year-old woman with chronic constipation is prescribed magnesium oxide. After several weeks, she presents with lethargy and muscle weakness. Her serum magnesium level is elevated. Which of the following factors most likely contributed to her condition?
C. Delayed colonic transit time
Question 2:
Which of the following medications acts by inhibiting the ileal bile acid transporter (IBAT) and promotes colonic motility through serotonin release?
C. Elobixibat
Question 3:
A randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy of polyethylene glycol (PEG) 3350 to placebo in patients with chronic constipation. What was the reported treatment success rate in the PEG group?
C. 52%
Paper for Next Week:
Sung Il Kang, Latest Research Trends on the Management of Hemorrhoids, Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon (2025; 9(2): 179–191):
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