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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Management
Global IBS Symptoms:
  - Limited trial low FODMAP diet
Irritable Bowel ... Management Global ... Rifaximin- up to 3 courses ... and Hepatology ... #Irritable #Bowel
History Taking for IBD - FECES Mnemonic
FECES:
F - Frequency- how often? nocturnal sx? 
E - Emptying
History Taking for IBD ... blood? loose? ... S - Surgerles— bowel ... self-management? ... FECES #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... Diagnosis and Management ... and Hepatology ... #Irritable #Bowel ... #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Diagnosis and Management ... factors: Previous acute ... common: Food, Acute ... #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... the patient • Blood ... Family history of IBD ... aneurysms • Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
the total white blood ... translocation • Acute ... thrombocythemia • Acute ... Hypothyroidism (Myxedema ... #hematology #basophils
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
Persisting 1 week • Bloody ... immunocompromised, IBD ... Few infectious causes ... of acute gastroenteritis ... Indications #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel ... leukocytes and occult blood ... biopsy - Small bowel ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... on ABx) → Acute ... Diarrhea (>3 BM/d) ± blood ... immunocompromised, IBD ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
Stool + Occult blood ... colon or small bowel ... , asymptomatic IBD ... Diverticular bleed, • Acute ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes