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Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Bleeding - Differential ... age 40 years: Inflammatory ... Kaposi's sarcoma with AIDS ... SmallBowel #Bleeding #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #gastroenterology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... acute diffuse, inflammatory ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome ... #CriticalCare
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Obstruction - Differential ... mesenteric artery syndrome ... perforate the bowel ... Diagnosis #SBO #bowel ... #Causes #gastroenterology
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
IBS (irritable bowel ... others) #IBD #inflammatroy ... #bowel #disease ... mimics #mimickers #differential ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... disease • Inflammatory ... bowel disease ... Chronic #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis
Osmotic
 • Food/Drink: Lactose intolerance, Artificial sweeteners (e.g. sorbitol, high
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential ... • Irritable bowel ... Infectious: • Viral: AIDS ... bowel disease ( ... Diarrhea #Causes #Differential
Ileal Pouch Disorders - Differential Diagnosis
 • Surgical/Mechanical: Anastomotic leak, Pelvic sepsis, Sinus, Fistula, Strictures, Efferent
Pouch Disorders - Differential ... Foreign body • Inflammatory ... Small bowel bacterial ... overgrowth, Inflammatory ... Diagnosis #surgery #gastroenterology
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome ... syndrome, Inflammatory ... bowel disease, ... elastase #low #differential ... diagnosis #causes #gastroenterology
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Syndrome - Overview ... serositis peritonitis, bowel ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Syndrome #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Overview Focal inflammatory ... alterations, and bowel ... - Autonomic: Bowel ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential