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Functional Dyspepsia Syndromes - Epigastric Pain Syndrome (EPS) and Postprandial Distress Syndrome (PDS)
Epigastric Pain Syndrome (EPS):
≥
Functional Dyspepsia ... Pain Syndrome ( ... pathology • Criteria ... >3 months • Symptoms ... #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Younger age, Other functional ... factors affecting symptom ... -HT4 agonists Pain ... Management #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
changes • Urinary symptoms ... cholecystitis • Functional ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Celiac ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... • Rome IV Criteria ... Recurrent abdominal pain ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings Ileus: Functional ... acute abdominal pain ... and related symptoms ... percussion • Nausea
Rome IV Criteria for diagnosing Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders (FAPD)
Irritable bowel syndrome
The criteria must be fulfilled
FAPD) Irritable bowel ... syndrome The criteria ... following: anorexia, nausea ... syndrome, functional ... #Disorders #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Syndrome (IBS) - ... Rome IV Criteria ... Recurrent abdominal pain ... last 3 months + symptom ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... so-called ‘red flag’ symptoms ... disturbance • Bladder, bowel ... dysfunction SPINE Mnemonic ... - Emergency Causes
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
Clinical manifestations ... arrest, Kounis syndrome ... edema, abdominal pain ... anaphylaxis #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #criteria
TABLE 2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications
lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D)
 - >25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard
Irritable bowel ... syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications ... accompanied by pain ... diarrhoea - Symptoms ... consistency to meet the criteria