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Moraxella catarrhalis on culture and microscopy
Only 1-5% of adults are colonized with this Gram neg diplococci
of adults are colonized ... It can be the cause ... "hockey puck" colonies
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
is the rarest cause ... Because of the colon's ... colon is reduced, colonic
Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diet/Lifestyle
 • Fibre
 • Calories
 • Fluid
 • Exercise
 • Psychosocial
Medications
 •
• Fibre • Calories ... Antipsychotics) Colonic ... Colon Cancer • Colonic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Colonic Foreign Body Removal

Surgical extraction after large bowel obstruction caused by rectal insertion of a foreign
Colonic Foreign ... bowel obstruction caused
Causes of Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Motility: Diet, IBS-C, Colonic inertia, Pelvic floor disorders,
Causes of Constipation ... : Diet, IBS-C, Colonic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Pathogenesis of Select Causes of Constipation in Adults and in Elderly

 • Mechanical (ex. Bowel Obstruction,
Pathogenesis of Select Causes ... Digestion and colonic ... deposits into colonic ... hypersensitivity and Decr colonic ... contractions -> Incr Colonic
Causes of Toxic Megacolon - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis
Causes of Toxic ... Diverticulitis, Obstructing colonic ... carcinoma, Colonic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
neuropsychiatric symptoms • Caused ... rule out other causes ... lactic acid by colonic ... can be used in cases ... ammonia-producing colonic
Causes of Constipation in Adults
Most common
 - Inadequate fiber or fluid intake
 - Poor bowel habits
Systemic
Causes of Constipation ... Perineal descent - Colonic ... adenocarcinoma - Colonic ... megarectum Slow colonic ... #Constipation #Causes
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
trauma - Ischemic colonic ... differential #diagnosis #causes