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Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Causes of Low Vitamin ... Vegetarianism, chronic ... Post-gastrectomy and ileal ... insufficiency, Crohn 's disease ... , coeliac disease
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic ... Causes of acute ... gastric surgery or ileal ... Systemic disease ... 1000 g/24 h) #Chronic
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Causes of High-anion ... failure (acute and chronic ... jejunal loop, ileal ... Chronic progressive ... kidney disease
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Causes of Chronic ... malabsorption (idiopathic, ileal ... Crohn disease ... Pancreatic disease ... #Diarrhea #Causes
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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hypereosinophilia (HE) Caused ... cytokines Common causes ... Rare causes: ... HIV, HTLVI) - Chronic ... 3, DOCK8) - Chronic
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... • Celiac Disease ... • Ileal Crohn's ... with TTG) • Chronic ... • Lymphoma #Chronic
Causes of Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Motility: Diet, IBS-C, Colonic inertia, Pelvic floor disorders,
Causes of Constipation ... sclerosis, Parkinson's disease ... , Diverticular disease ... e.g. fissure), Chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Kidney Disease ... • Drugs • Chronic ... • Infections (chronic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... • Anemia of Chronic ... • Anemia of Chronic ... , Chronic Infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... Lung Disease. ... Infectious - Chronic ... mycobacterial - Chronic ... #Differential #Causes