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What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
What is the difference ... initial treatment algorithms ... tenderness, bloody diarrhea ... mesentericischemia #comparison #differences ... #diagnosis #table
Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Inflammatory
 - Infectious
   - Noninvasive
     - Viral
Diarrhea Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bacterial - Protozoal ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Diarrhea ... Noninfectious #Causes
Classification, Differential Diagnosis, and Features of Hyponatremia According to Volume Status 

Hypervolemic hypernatremia 
 - CHF
Classification, ... Vomiting - Diarrhea ... #Hyponatremia #Classification ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Causes of Acute ... Rotavirus, sapovirus Protozoal ... Cytomegalovirus Protozoal ... #Causes #Acute ... differential #diagnosis #table
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
- Anorexia GI Losses ... NG drainage - Diarrhea ... Low #Potassium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Excessive GI losses ... - Chronic diarrhea ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
TABLE 2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications
lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D)
 - >25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard
TABLE 2. ... syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications ... lBS-diarrhoea ... Subclassifications #Classes ... #Diagnosis #Diarrhea
Protozoal causes of diarrhea in HIV
Others not included in the table: Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia Iamblia
Microsporidia
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Protozoal causes ... of diarrhea in ... included in the table ... Questions @WuidQ #Protozoal ... #causes #diarrhea
6/02/2022 UPDATE: This assay is designed to detect non-variola orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox virus. It is not
should use this algorithm ... smallpox-diagnostic-algorithm-poster ... See table below ... Electron Microscope Protocol ... all HIGH RISK CASES