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Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Causes of Small ... Diagnosis Common Causes ... NSAID ulcers Rare Causes ... Peutz-Jeghers), Malignant atrophic ... #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
• Budd-Chiari syndrome ... • Ectopic pregnancy ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... artery compression syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Horner's Syndrome: Loss of sympathetic nervous system input to (in this case) right eye. 
Note that
Horner's Syndrome ... input to (in this case ... Images #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... #Photo #Horners ... #Syndrome #Ptosis
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
glaucoma, Adie's tonic ... response, Serotonin syndrome ... Miosis: Horner's syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #causes
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Holmes-Adie Syndrome ... dissociation • Other causes ... of tonic pupil ... PhysicalExam #neurology #ophthalmology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Recurrent abdominal pain ... Rifaximin- up to 3 courses ... TinaPhamHang via Emory Gastroenterology ... Irritable #Bowel #Syndrome
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome ... Turner, Marfan syndromes ... Eye rubbing • Atopic ... Vision Loss and pain ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
fibroinflammatory syndrome ... stress. 60% of CP cases ... system: • T (Toxic-Metabolic ... • Abdominal pain ... diagnosis #management #gastroenterology
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
• Other rare causes ... hypothalamic tumors and ectopic ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... tolerance • Weight gain
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
has a number of causes ... pleuritic chest pain ... Ataxic Breathing ... Blot's Breathing) Ataxic ... hyperventilation syndrome—a