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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 ... • Irritable Bowel ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics ... #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Diagnosis Framework ... mesenteric ischemia ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
- Differential Diagnostic ... Algorithm Look ... musculoskeletal causes ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... #Algorithm
Approach to Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

Acute Diarrhea (MINT):
 • Medications
 • Infections: Inflammatory
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... radiation, ingestions ischemia ... ) Chronic Diarrhea ... #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Co-morbidities ... Depression/anxiety • Abdominal ... #Algorithm #Causes
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... fistula Lower: • Bowel ... Infectious colitis, UC/Chrons ... #differential #diagnosis ... #Causes #algorithm
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Bronchopulmonary ... Bronchiectasis • Chronic ... • Inflammatory Bowel ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Intramural hematoma, Ischemic ... #SBO #bowel #Causes ... #gastroenterology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Chronic ... Causes of acute ... 1000 g/24 h) #Chronic ... #workup #diagnosis
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
is the rarest cause ... of acute abdominal ... colon is reduced, colonic ... to suffer from ischemia ... pathophysiology #diagnosis