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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Small Intestinal Bowel ... Intolerance • Celiac ... Disease • Prior ... • Irritable Bowel ... #Treatment #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
• Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Celiac ... bowel disease ... hernia • Rib fracture ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Diagnosis and Workup ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... - Rule out celiac ... disease w/ T TG ... disease w/ fecal
Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
tests Test for celiac ... disease with serology ... first Small bowel ... Gastrointestinal #Evaluation #workup ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Depression/anxiety • Abdominal ... • Irritable bowel ... • Inflammatory bowel ... trigger points) • Injury
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Pediatric Acute Abdominal ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Ketoacidosis • Bowel ... • Infantile Colic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm
IgA TTG has high sensitivity and specificity of ~ 98% and is
Celiac Disease - ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Disease #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #gastroenterology ... #workup
Celiac Disease - Clinical Manifestations
Gastrointestinal Manifestations: 
 • Diarrhea, Loose stools, Dyspepsia, Flatulence, Chronic abdominal pain,
Celiac Disease - ... Flatulence, Chronic abdominal ... Osteoporosis, Bone fractures ... #Disease #signs ... symptoms #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute Abdominal ... Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... • Peptic ulcer disease ... Pelvic inflammatory disease ... Localized #Acute #Abdominal
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
below the site of injury ... - Loss of bowel ... compression by fractured ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... differential #algorithm