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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 ... overgrowth, Celiac disease ... #causes #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... Family history of IBD ... Diverticulitis • IBD ... #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... • If Diarrhea: ... Rule out celiac disease ... Pelvic Floor Disorder
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
and Differential Diagnosis ... Arteriovenous Fistula ... Acquired (e.g., iHD ... Myeloproliferative Disorders ... #cardiology #causes
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Intestinal or biliary fistula ... - Diarrhea Decreased ... Tubulointerstitial renal disease ... tacrolimus) Endocrine disorders ... #diagnosis #differential
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
rash • Others: nausea ... , vomiting, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea, ... Washington University ID ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
: • Valvular disorders ... Chronic pulmonary diseases ... Arteriovenous fistula ... coronary heart disease ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Intestinal or biliary fistula ... , Diarrhea • Decreased ... Tubulointerstitial renal disease ... ) • Endocrine disorders ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
result-watery diarrhoea ... mellitus, Bile acid diarrhoea ... Rheumatological disorders ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #gastroenterology
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Causes of Chronic ... Crohn disease ... , scleroderma, fistulas ... #Causes #Differential ... #diagnosis