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Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Volume (Small Bowel ... Urgency (Large Bowel ... E. coli, C difficile ... histolytjca) Nausea ... Bloody • Ulcerative
Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis (ASUC) - IBD Algorithm

By Dr. Wade Billings @wabillin

#Acute #Severe #Ulcerative #Colitis #ASUC
Acute Severe Ulcerative ... Colitis (ASUC) ... - IBD Algorithm ... #Colitis #ASUC ... #IBDAlgorithm #gastroenterology
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Inflammatory Bowel ... Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative ... Colitis) • Gastrointestinal ... #causes
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
infection (CMV, C. diff ... Salmonella • Colon: C. difficile ... IBS (irritable bowel ... #inflammatroy #bowel ... differential #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Mucous Membrane Disorder - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erosions/Ulcers/Blisters
 - Primary Dermatologic Diseases
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Inflammatory bowel ... disease (ulcerative ... colitis more than ... #causes
Causes of Toxic Megacolon - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis
Causes of Toxic ... • Inflammatory Bowel ... Disease: Ulcerative ... : Clostridium difficile ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Small Bowel Ulceration
The diagnosis of IBD can’t be made or excluded by biopsies alone
Bowel Ulceration ... Causes of ulceration ... in the small bowel ... Cryptococcus, CMV, C. diff ... #differential #gastroenterology
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Causes of Chronic ... Ulcerative colitis ... Microscopic colitis ... Bacterial: Clostridium difficile ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Causes
Probiotics Guidelines
Adults with C difficile infection
 • Recommendation: Only in the context of a clinical trial
Adults with C difficile ... children with ulcerative ... colitis • Recommendation ... with irritable bowel ... Probiotics #Guidelines #gastroenterology