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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... Family history of IBD ... Pain #Chronic #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... pain ~ ≥ 1x/ week ... • If Diarrhea: ... disease w/ fecal ... Pelvic Floor Disorder
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
• Common Causes ... dysfunction, and/or disorders ... pain, diarrhea ... related to IBD, ... celiac disease,
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
alterations, and bowel ... or without back pain ... - Autonomic: Bowel ... Check Vitamin B12 ... • Infectious causes
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... D-lactate (short bowel ... acidosis: - Diarrhea ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... restrictive lung disease
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Mechanical/degenerative disorders ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... • Parvovirus B19 ... Ankylosing Spondylitis, IBD ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
bolus to the small bowel ... pain) and vasomotor ... after RYGB • Disorder ... Gastric bypass causes ... Liver Disease in
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
and Inflammatory Bowel ... Disease (IBD) ... energy intake x 8-12 ... pain, wind and ... diarrhea - Dr