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Approach to Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

Acute Diarrhea (MINT):
 • Medications
 • Infections: Inflammatory
- Differential ... (MINT): • Medications ... • Infections: ... e.g., radiation, ingestions ... #Differential #
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea ... Differential Diagnosis ... Inflammatory, Infectious ... Inflammatory, Non-infectious ... BostonChiefs #Diarrhea
Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Inflammatory
 - Infectious
   - Noninvasive
     - Viral
Diarrhea Differential ... Inflammatory - Infectious ... Bacterial - Protozoal ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Diarrhea ... #Differential #
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Tropheryma whipplei • Protozoal ... : Medications, Acute ... #Differential #
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
Important causes of diarrhea ... count & sites of infection ... Coccidioides 4) Protozoal ... Questions @WuidQ #Diarrhea ... #HIVAIDS #Differential
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment #Indications
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... , Sjögren's • Infection ... Sarcoidosis • Medications ... Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs ... Lymphadenopathy #Differential
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Causes of Acute Infectious ... Rotavirus, sapovirus Protozoal ... Cytomegalovirus Protozoal ... Causes #Acute #Infectious ... #differential #
Possible Causes of Altered Urine Color 

Red 
    Foods: beets, blackberries, rhubarb
, anesthetics (propofol ... urinary tract infections ... : vitamin B, propofol ... urinary tract infection ... Discoloration #Differential
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift:
 • Alkalosis
 • ↑ beta-2 adrenergic simulation 
 • Erythropoiesis
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Erythropoiesis (B12 injections ... Thyrotoxicosis Medications ... losses (NG suction, diarrhea ... #Hypokalemia #Differential