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What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
What is the difference ... initial treatment algorithms ... • Tx: urgent surgery ... conservative, surgery ... mesentericischemia #comparison
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... are listed as Type ... source of energy, conversion ... regional ischemia, surgery ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Hyperglycemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tolerance • Type ... I Diabetes • Type ... Trauma, Surgery,
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Lactose intolerance ... Previous gastric surgery ... Normal fecal fat: Lactose ... workup #diagnosis #differential
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
identification of the type ... summary of the differential ... Overlap #FirstLine #Differences ... #Algorithm #Treatment
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... normalised ratio; LDH, lactate ... disease; T2DM, type ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
similarities and differences ... convert Pyruvate to Lactate ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management