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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Acute ... pain, bloody diarrhea ... pain 3. ... #algorithm #workup
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... History and Exam Acute ... life-threatening causes ... , LET, lipase, PT
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... #Abdominal #Pain
Acute Abdominal Pain - Location Based Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Rule out surgical abdomen: pt lying still, rigid/hard
Acute Abdominal ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... surgical abdomen: pt ... #Acute #Abdominal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... wall painAbdominal ... aneurysms • Acute
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... disease, >7 days 2) PCR ... abdominal processes ... #Diarrhea #Differential ... NonInfectious #Algorithm
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... Toxins Bloody/Pain ... histolytjca) Nausea ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Causes of acute ... diarrhea 2. ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Management Caused ... Abdominal pain; ... Intermittent diarrhea ... whipplei test (PAS, PCR ... Disease #diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Thoracic • Abdominal ... Thrombophlebitis • DVT ... #causes