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IBS-D Pharmacotherapy

Loperamide
Rifaximin
Eluxadoline
Alosetron
Antispasmodics
Tricyclic antidepressants
SSRIs

#IBSD #IBS #Diarrhea #Irritable #Bowel #Syndrome #pharmacology #table #comparison #management #treatment
IBS-D Pharmacotherapy ... #IBS #Diarrhea ... #Irritable #Bowel ... pharmacology #table #comparison ... #management #treatment
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
and Management Algorithm ... Ova and Parasite ... Adjust IS medications ... #Workup #Management ... Algorithm #Transplant #diagnosis
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
What is the difference ... scripts and initial treatment ... tenderness, bloody diarrhea ... mesentericischemia #comparison ... #differences #diagnosis
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
, weakness +/- diarrhea ... Diagnosis: ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
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pain, hemoptysis, diarrhea ... Diagnosis: ... PCR • Culture is ... Chlamydia #psittaci #microbiology ... #diagnosis #management
Solid Organ Transplant - Diarrhea - Diagnostic and Workup Algorithm
1st Tier Microbiologic Testing: CDiff (stool), CMV
Organ Transplant - Diarrhea ... - Diagnostic and ... viral PCR (stool), Ova ... negative: 1) Adjust IS ... medications 2)
Hepatorenal Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Who gets HRS?
 • Decompensated cirrhosis
 • Typically with existing
Hepatorenal Syndrome - Diagnosis ... and Management ... a precipitant: Medications ... Side effects: Diarrhea ... #Management #treatment
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... cramping, Watery diarrhea ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
gastric acidity, medications ... tongue), abd pain, diarrhea ... Check for IF ab Treatment ... consider other diagnosis ... #management #nutrition
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
4%: Vomiting, diarrhea ... Treatment: • Immunocompetent ... #Babesiosis #Babesia ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #microbiology #