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Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Withholding • Painful (e.g ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Causes of Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Motility: Diet, IBS-C, Colonic inertia, Pelvic floor disorders,
Causes of Constipation ... Calcium supplements, etc ... disease, Anal pain ... (e.g. fissure), ... #Causes
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Acute Abdominal Pain ... - Differential Diagnostic ... Gastroenteritis • Constipation ... Metabolic disease (e.g ... Irritable bowel syndrome
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Turner Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes #pediatrics
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
malaise, Weight gain ... weakness/Stiffness, Constipation ... Carpal timel syndrome ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Endocrinology
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Vomiting Serotonin Syndrome ... Dysfunction, Weight gain ... , Diaphoresis, Constipation ... SideEffects #Psychiatry #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Causes: • Large ... spine Signs / Symptoms ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Pathophysiology, Diagnosis ... (e.g. fibromyalgia ... factors affecting symptom ... , Eluxadoline Constipation ... -HT4 agonists Pain
TABLE 2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications
lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D)
 - >25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard
TABLE 2. ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... accompanied by pain ... diarrhoea - Symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Diarrhea
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Cirrhosis Syndrome ... SSRIs) Severe pain ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Table #Causes