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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Acute ... Ova and parasite ... HIV infection or ... #Diarrhea #management
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea ... Causes of acute ... diarrhea 2. ... #management #algorithm
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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of primary HIV ... elevation • Nausea ... , vomiting, diarrhea ... 14%), in which case ... • New onset SLE
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Causes of localized ... RA, Sjögren, SLE ... Cystic fibrosis, primary ... deficiency, CVID+++, HIV ... Differential #workup #algorithm
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm ... be treated with IV ... wasting from other causes ... Laxative use • Diarrhea ... mEq/g suggests urinary
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Diagnosis and Management ... Algorithm Risk ... factors: Previous acute ... factors affecting symptom ... cognitions, Abuse Diarrhea
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea ... Refeeding Syndrome, Acute ... • N Vitamin D: Primary ... hormonal therapy, IV
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... starvation - Acute ... biliary fistula - Diarrhea ... Hypercalcemic states - Primary ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Diagnosis and Management ... Caused by: ... Tropheryma whipplei Symptoms ... Intermittent diarrhea ... Disease #diagnosis #algorithm
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... Skin changes • Urinary ... symptoms • Family ... aneurysms • Acute