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Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
impractical to test ... before testing ... pick specific tests ... to sort out the ... much smaller differential
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... hydrogen breath test ... Abdominal imaging (CT, ultrasound ... / #Chronic #Diarrhea ... #differential #
D-dimer
Plasma D-dimer is a product of clot breakdown, released upon degradation of polymerized, crosslinked fibrin. Elevated
false positive tests ... adjusted d-dimer testing ... Ddimer #dimer #pathophysiology ... #hematology #differential ... #diagnosis #age
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Hypocalciuria (spot ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... Congenital chloride diarrhea ... Gitelman #Syndrome #diagnosis ... nephrology #management #pathophysiology