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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 ... Intolerance • Celiac Disease ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Acute Chagas Disease ... • Treatment: ... : Chronic disease ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... abdominal pain ... potentially be an acute ... Abdominal Pain ... aneurysms • Acute
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... Algorithm Look ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Abdominal #Pain
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Co-morbidities ... Depression/anxiety • Abdominal ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Algorithm #Causes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
and Management ... fibromyalgia, chronic ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain ... #Management #Algorithm
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Acute Chagas Disease ... • Treatment: ... : Chronic disease ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
- Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... pain, chronic constipation ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal
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 ... Systemic disease ... #Diarrhea #management ... #diagnosis #differential