10 results
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
Persistent UC Symptoms ... Assessment (bloody diarrhea ... UC > non-bloody diarrhea ... ) • FCP, CRP, Colonoscopy ... JAK Inhibitor Algorithm
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Approaching a Difficult ... Colonoscopy - Scoping ... 1) Redundant Colon ... 2) Difficult ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
and Management Algorithm ... C. difficile PCR ... Colonoscopy +/- ... Workup #Management #Algorithm ... Transplant #diagnosis #differential
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnostic ... Algorithm Watery ... E. coli, C difficile ... #Differential #
Common causes of post-Transplant Diarrhea
 • Bacterial: Clostridium difficile, Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp., Bacterial overgrowth, Aeromonus
post-Transplant Diarrhea ... Bacterial: Clostridium difficile ... GVHD, PTLD, IBD, Colon ... #Transplant #Diarrhea ... #diagnosis #differential
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Causes of acute diarrhea ... occult blood - Colonoscopy ... #management #algorithm ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Invasive: Clostridium difficile ... #Differential # ... NonInfectious #Algorithm
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Adenoma • Colon ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... - Athlete - difficulty ... - Persistent ... Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhea ... heat #illness #differential
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Etiologies • Persistent ... or chronic diarrhea ... species, Clostridium difficile ... enterocolitica • Persistent ... #diagnosis #differential