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ID Ddx: Diarrhea in a transplant recipient
- Bacterial: C.diff, Campy, Salmonella, Aeromonas, E.coli
- Viral: CMV, noro,
ID Ddx: Diarrhea ... #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... #TxID #SOT #Causes
Approach to Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

Acute Diarrhea (MINT):
 • Medications
 • Infections: Inflammatory
- Differential ... Acute Diarrhea ... Medications • Infections ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Ischemic: Small Bowel vs Large Bowel
 • Infectious: Diarrhea-Predominant
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm • Ischemic ... Large Bowel • Infectious ... ) #Acute #Diarrhea
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... recommended Infectious ... belli, Cyclospora Infectious ... #Diarrhea #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Infectious
Timeline of infections after solid organ transplantation can roughly be broken up into three time periods:
Timeline of infections ... #Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #Differential ... #Ddx #Diagnosis ... Transplant #TxID #SOT
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Causes of acute ... Parasitic infections ... #management #algorithm ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
Differential Diagnosis ... diabetes who are not ... - LFT - EtOH - Infectious ... glucagon, growth hormone ... #Algorithm #Drugs
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
B12, Folate • Hormone ... (e.g. cancer, infection ... Index > 3: • Acute ... G6PD deficiency), Infections ... hematology #anemia #differential
Causes of Fever in the Immunocompromised Host - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Structural Defect - Asplenia/HypospIenism
 • Bacteremia/Septic
jirovecii • CNS Infection ... • Perirectal Infection ... Formation • Soft ... Bronchitis • Chronic Diarrhea ... • Giardia Infection
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
of sinus or ear infection ... parasitic or fungal infection ... angle closure - Not ... Pregnancy, peripartum, hormone ... signs #symptoms #differential