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Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Malnutrition:
 • Limited access to food
 • Anorexia
 • Disorders
Protein losing enteropathy ... #Weight #Loss #WeightLoss
Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Intake:
 • GI illness (upper and lower)
 • Psychiatric (Depression,
Protein-losing Enteropathy ... Mellitus • HIV #WeightLoss
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
disability) #WeightLoss
Table of Weight-Loss Medications approved by the FDA for the long-term treatment of Obesity

Mechanism of Action,
#Medications #WeightLoss
Effects on body weight of various classes of type-2 diabetes medications.
 - Metformin - Weight Loss
++ #diabetes #weightloss
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Protein-Losing Enteropathy
Causes of Terminal Ileitis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infectious: Yersinia spp., Salmonella spp., C.diff, Neutropenic colitis,
• Drugs: NSAID enteropathy
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
, Plaques) • Enteropathic ... Spondylitis • Enteropathic
Unintentional Weight Loss - History and Workup

Complete Physical Exam - Often overlooked components: Lymph nodes, Mental
EricsMedicalLectures/ #WeightLoss
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Protein-losing enteropathy