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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Gastroparesis • Chronic ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Distension #Bloating #Management ... Algorithm #Treatment #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... fibromyalgia, chronic ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Churg-Strauss syndrome ... Infectious - Chronic ... mycobacterial - Chronic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonology #Differential
Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia (GIM)
 • GIM is a precancerous, histopathologic change characterized by replacement of normal
in response to chronic ... common trigger is chronic ... pylori) gastritis Clinical ... GIM #diagnosis #management ... #gastroenterology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... 1000 g/24 h) #Chronic ... #Diarrhea #management ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - 
Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS), Inclusion Body Myositis
Antisynthetase Syndrome ... Idiopathic #Myopathy #Comparison ... #Managment #algorithm ... #Rheumatology #Differential
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Biliary Dilatation - Differential ... sludge), Mirizzi's syndrome ... Inflammatory: Chronic ... Dilatation #causes #differential ... diagnosis #hepatology #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Diagnosis and Management ... presentation • Chronic ... Idiosyncratic #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #gastroenterology
Purple Urine Bag Syndrome
Chronic, indwelling catheter + bacteriuria (Providencia, Klebsiella, E.coli*) + alkaline urine
Tryptophan → Indoxyl
Purple Urine Bag Syndrome ... Chronic, indwelling ... Purple #Urine #Bag #Syndrome ... pathophysiology #clinical ... #photo #differential