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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... diagnosis after history ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... symptoms • Family history ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... to Infectious Disease ... → Travelers' diarrhea ... Commercial sex worker ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... negative family history ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... Renal parenchymal disease
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
start with a good history ... 3 questions to work ... approach to the differential ... vaptans (HF/liver disease ... Treatment #management #nephrology
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
• Family history ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... • Autoimmune disease ... Congenital chloride diarrhea ... Syndrome #diagnosis #nephrology