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Approach to Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

Acute Diarrhea (MINT):
 • Medications
 • Infections: Inflammatory
Approach to Diarrhea ... Workup Algorithm Acute ... Diarrhea (MINT) ... Medications • Infections ... e.g., radiation, ingestions
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Ischemic: Small Bowel vs Large Bowel
 • Infectious: Diarrhea-Predominant
Acute Diarrhea - ... Large Bowel • Infectious ... : Diarrhea-Predominant ... Dietary (osmotic diarrhea ... ) #Acute #Diarrhea
Adverse Effects of NSAIDs
Prostaglandins decreased
 - Gastric mucosal damage with ulcer formation, bleeding, and perforation
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wound healing, diarrhea ... effect #NSAIDs #AdverseEffects ... #SideEffects #Pharmacology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... Diarrhea (< 7 days ... Ova and parasite ... HIV infection or ... Hospitalization required #Acute
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
Indications in Diarrhea ... week • Bloody diarrhea ... Severe illness (diarrhea ... outbreak) Few infectious ... causes of acute
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Causes of Acute ... Infectious Diarrhea ... Noninflammatory Diarrhea ... #Causes #Acute ... #Infectious #differential
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... recommended Infectious ... : Medications, Acute ... uw_IMresidency #Acute ... #Diarrhea #Differential
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea ... Causes of acute ... diarrhea 2. ... Parasitic infections ... ) #Chronic #Diarrhea
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
Thrombosis, ↓ Severe infection ... intolerance nausea, diarrhea ... - Cuteanous: acute ... Benefits #Lupus #pharmacology ... #adverseeffects
Atypical HUS - Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Unlike typical HUS, which is shigatoxin mediated, aHUS is not typically
associated with diarrhea ... everything minus diarrhea ... autoimmune like SLE ... which has more acute ... following often bloody diarrhea