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Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... Insufficiency - Primary Malabsorption ... - Secondary Malabsorption ... with TTG) • Chronic ... • Lymphoma #Chronic
Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Vegetarianism, chronic ... Food-bound cobalamin malabsorption ... ileal resection Malabsorption ... insufficiency, Crohn 's disease ... , coeliac disease
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Causes of Fat Malabsorption ... Autoimmune— Crohn's disease ... , celiac disease ... - Acquired • Chronic ... NikitaSonaliyaD #Fat #Malabsorption
Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Malnutrition:
 • Limited access to food
 • Anorexia
 • Disorders
side effects Malabsorption ... • Small bowel disease ... Cholestatic liver disease ... Endocrinopathy • Chronic
Schema for Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Weight Loss without Inflammation:
 • Decreased Intake: Food
, Dementia • Chronic ... Disease: COPD, ... Cirrhosis, ESRD • Malabsorption
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
• Anorexia • Chronic ... Decreased Intake - Malabsorption ... Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... Steatorrhea • Chronic
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Low and High PTH
LOW PTH - Hypoparathyroid
 - Congenital (Pediatric)
• Infiltrative disease ... very low • Malabsorption ... bypass • Liver disease ... very low • Chronic
Primary and Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis

Primary osteoporosis 
 - idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis 
 -  postmenopausal
- chronic inflammatory ... bowel diseases ... - malabsorption ... Bone marrow diseases ... immobilization - chronic
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Cardiopulmonary disease ... Inflammatory bowel disease ... malignancy • Lactase malabsorption ... Adult Still's disease ... Necrotic bowel disease
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Low iron diet MALABSORPTION ... Increased hepcidin: Chronic ... kidney disease, ... arthritis and other chronic ... absorption): Celiac disease