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C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Difficile Infection ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... ciab549 #CDI #Cdiff ... Clostridioides #Difficile
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... SJS, DIHS, drug fever ... Secondary infection (C diff ... Difficile, COVID
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Mediterranean Fever ... incisional hernias: clinical ... Spigelian hemias rnay difficult ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes ... Abdominal #Pain #differential
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... any mention of a difficult ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... Stable patients
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Clinical Presentations ... infections can cause ... species, Clostridium difficile ... appendicitis • Nausea ... Diarrhea #diagnosis #differential