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Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Differential ... Disease • Ileal ... with TTG) • Chronic ... Diarrhea #SmallBowel #Differential
Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Vegetarianism, chronic ... Atrophic gastritis, chronic ... Post-gastrectomy and ileal ... bacterial overgrowth, chronic ... low #cobalamin #differential
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic ... gastric surgery or ileal ... 1000 g/24 h) #Chronic ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
failure (acute and chronic ... jejunal loop, ileal ... Chronic progressive ... Metabolic #Acidosis #differential
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Causes of Chronic ... malabsorption (idiopathic, ileal ... bowel syndrome Chronic ... Factitious #Chronic ... Diarrhea #Causes #Differential
Appendix Positions
 - Retrocecal (*most common)
 - Post-ileal
 - Pre-ileal
 - Sub-ileal
 - Pelvic
 - Subcecal
common) - Post-ileal ... - Pre-ileal - ... Sub-ileal - Pelvic
Causes of Chronic Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

#Chronic #Abdominal #Pain #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic ... Abdominal Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm #Chronic ... Abdominal #Pain #Differential
Causes of Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Motility: Diet, IBS-C, Colonic inertia, Pelvic floor disorders,
Constipation - Differential ... : Diet, IBS-C, Colonic ... Hyperparathyroidism, Chronic ... e.g. fissure), Chronic ... #Constipation #Differential
Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Chronic Shoulder ... Pain - Differential ... supination/pronation) #Chronic ... Shoulder #Pain #Differential
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Causes of Chronic ... Pediatric Cough - Differential ... Immunodeficiency • Chronic ... Normal CXR • Chronic ... #Cough #Differential