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Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease • Ileal ... Diarrhea #SmallBowel #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Ileal Pouch Disorders - Differential Diagnosis
 • Surgical/Mechanical: Anastomotic leak, Pelvic sepsis, Sinus, Fistula, Strictures, Efferent
Ileal Pouch Disorders ... - Differential ... Diagnosis • Surgical ... , High PTH #Ileal ... #Diagnosis #surgery
Causes of ileitis beyond Crohn’s disease and infections include systemic disorders -spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, ischemia, and amyloidosis
medications may lead to ileal ... articles/PMC2914216/ #Diagnosis ... #GI #Ileitis #Differential
Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Post-gastrectomy and ileal ... low #cobalamin #differential ... #diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
gastric surgery or ileal ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis ... #differential
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
ureterosigmoidostomy, ileal ... Hyperammonemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... (B12, MMA) for ileal ... IBD #Algorithm #diagnosis
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
jejunal loop, ileal ... Metabolic #Acidosis #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Appendix Positions
 - Retrocecal (*most common)
 - Post-ileal
 - Pre-ileal
 - Sub-ileal
 - Pelvic
 - Subcecal
common) - Post-ileal ... - Pre-ileal - ... Sub-ileal - Pelvic
Causes of Terminal Ileitis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infectious: Yersinia spp., Salmonella spp., C.diff, Neutropenic colitis,
Terminal Ileitis - Differential ... Diagnosis • Infectious ... NeopIasm: Cecal/lleal ... Terminal #Ileitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes