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Suggested algorithm for treating irritable bowel syndrome-diarrheal type (IBS-D) 

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irritable bowel syndrome-diarrheal ... IBS-D) #IBSD #diarrhea ... irritable #bowel #syndrome ... #management #treatment
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Malabsorption: • Lactase Deficiency ... Primary Immuno-Deficiency ... Dissacharidase Deficiency ... • Short Bowel Syndrome ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Treatment Algorithm

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

IBS-Diarrhea:
 • Diarrhea:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... (IBS) Treatment ... : • Diarrhea: ... Irritable #Bowel #Syndrome ... #IBS #Treatment
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
• Refeeding Syndrome ... • Small bowel diarrhea ... • Vitamin D Deficiency ... Osteomalacia • Fanconi Syndrome ... Intake - Dietary deficiency
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Mineral corticoid deficiency ... , Salt-losing deficiency ... losses, Vomiting, Diarrhea ... Stress, Drugs, Syndrome ... • Nephrotic syndrome
IBS-D Pharmacotherapy

Loperamide
Rifaximin
Eluxadoline
Alosetron
Antispasmodics
Tricyclic antidepressants
SSRIs

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Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome ... Clinical Findings ... presentation of Thiamine deficiency ... Therefore, Korsakoff Syndrome ... Encephalopathy Treatment
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
may cause severe clinical ... Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin deficiency ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... • Vitamin D deficiency ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Malabsorption, Chronic diarrhea ... Niacin, Vitamin D deficiency ... Tumor genesis syndrome ... hyperparathyroidism, Vitamin D deficiency ... FGF-23: Fanconi syndrome
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
Gastrointestinal loss: Diarrhea ... 11beta-hydroxylase deficiency ... 17alpha-hydroxylase deficiency ... diuretics, Mg2+ deficiency ... , Bartter syndrome