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Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Abdominal pain • Diarrhea ... • Guillain-Barré ... syndrome Management ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis ... #Management #Overview
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... diarrhea 2. ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... arrythmias • Other: Diarrhea ... Diagnosis: • ... #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea ... , Insomnia, Nausea ... Vomiting Serotonin Syndrome ... Pathophysiology #Pharmacology ... SideEffects #Psychiatry #Diagnosis
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue ... Tuberculosis • Epstein-Barr ... Arthritis • SLE ... Myasthenia Gravis Pharmacologic ... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... biliary fistula - Diarrhea ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes ... #diagnosis #differential ... medications #drugs #pharmacology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... , weakness +/- diarrhea ... Diagnosis: ... #Hantavirus #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Infectious diarrhea ... DDX - Other causes ... infections (Epstein-Barr ... syndrome, HIV) ... #management
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

 •
, vomiting, diarrhea ... DDX: • Epstein-Barr ... • New onset SLE ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... #HIV #diagnosis
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Propofol infusion syndrome ... dissociative drug, it causes ... No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis ... #management