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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... C difficile assay ... Ova and parasite ... fever, abdominal ... pain 3.
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... and Management Algorithm ... C. difficile PCR ... Ova and Parasite ... Workup #Management #Algorithm
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
) - Diagnostic Algorithm ... loss, abdominal pain ... , diarrhea • Seronegative ... cognitive deficits • Fever ... unknown origin, chronic
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Persistent or chronic ... • Abdominal pain ... species, Clostridium difficile ... cramping lasting 1– ... infections) • Chronic
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
symptoms - Headache, fever ... Nausea, abdominal pain ... , diarrhea, Tachycardia ... Atopic diseases, Chronic ... spontaneous urticaria, Chronic
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile ... ABx) → Acute Diarrhea ... blood/mucus, Abd pain ... , Fever, ↑WBC ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Interpretation: 1. ... mmol/L Step 1 ... acidosis: - Diarrhea ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... , fever, hypoxia
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
weight loss, and fever ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... • ANA titers > 1: ... Ro/La, anti-Jo-1, ... with Lupus: • Chronic
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... patients such as: 1. ... liver enzymes, diarrhea ... , abdominal pain
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
, nausea, diarrhea ... anywhere from 1 ... large part by IL-1 ... syndrome - chronic ... IL-1 is a major