7 results
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Workup Osmotic ... colonoscopy), Abdominal imaging ... (CT, ultrasound ... #Diarrhea #Workup
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic ... Causes of acute ... - Small bowel imaging ... with barium, CT ... #algorithm #workup
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
GI losses - Chronic ... diarrhea / IBD ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes ... #Workup #hypomg
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... abdominal pain, diarrhea ... Atopic diseases, Chronic ... #rheumatology #comparison ... #table
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Bronchiectasis, Chronic ... cardiomyopathy GI: • Diarrhea ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... Echocardiogram with Doppler imaging ... • Diagnostic imaging
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• CT: Halo sign ... weight loss • Imaging ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... diarrhea, cytopenias ... vomiting, and diarrhea
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... liver enzymes, diarrhea ... Clinical (Symptoms, Imaging ... , high res CT)