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Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea ... Differential Diagnosis ... Non-infectious: IBD ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #gastroenterology
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Lung Diseases (ILD ... ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonia: Acute, Chronic ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Interstitium • ILD ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... Asthma attack, ILD ... , COPD, CTEPH, ILD
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... did not yield a diagnosis ... Family history of IBD ... Diverticulitis • IBD ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Differential Diagnosis ... Idiopathic: Acute chronic ... Washington University ID ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... - Differential Diagnosis ... cancer, ulcer, IBD ... athletic training, Pulmonary ... #Causes #Fe #algorithm
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Pathophysiology: Chronic ... → Inflammation causes ... ng/mL (absolute ID ... 20% (functional ID ... #management #cardiology
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
and Management ... Spore ingestion → colonic ... immunocompromised, IBD ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology