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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Treatment Algorithm

IBS-Constipation:
 • Constipation: Osmotic laxatives
 • Abdominal pain: Antispasmodics

IBS-Diarrhea:
 • Diarrhea:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Algorithm IBS-Constipation ... pain: Antispasmodics ... IBS-Diarrhea ... : • Diarrhea:
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Acute ... pain, bloody diarrhea ... Ova and parasite ... #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
, Diagnosis and ... Management Algorithm ... inflammation, Abdominal ... cognitions, Abuse Diarrhea ... -HT4 agonists Pain
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... potentially be an acute ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... wall pain • Abdominal ... aneurysms • Acute
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Vasculitis -> Acute ... - Budd Chiari Syndrome ... pain, bloating, ... Erythematosus #SLE ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... Algorithm Look ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Abdominal #Pain
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
• Fever • Abdominal ... pain • Diarrhea ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Supportive (infection is ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Compartment Syndrome ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... nephrology #causes #algorithm
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
(IBS) - Diagnosis ... IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... pain ~ ≥ 1x/ week ... • If Diarrhea:
Atypical HUS - Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Unlike typical HUS, which is shigatoxin mediated, aHUS is not typically
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ... autoimmune like SLE ... which has more acute ... Hemolytic #Uremic #Syndrome ... #diagnosis