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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Ova and parasite ... fever, abdominal ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
, Diagnosis and ... Management Algorithm ... inflammation, Abdominal ... cognitions, Abuse Diarrhea ... #Diagnosis #Management
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Definitions Pathophysiology ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics ... Distension #Bloating #Management ... #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 ... Parasitic infections ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
and Management Algorithm ... Ova and Parasite ... #Workup #Management ... #Algorithm #Transplant ... #diagnosis #differential
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
and Management ... Abdominal pain; ... Intermittent diarrhea ... (75%) Diagnostic ... #algorithm #management
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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and Management ... intracellular parasite ... Flatulence, Fatigue, Abdominal ... cramping, Watery diarrhea ... #management #treatment
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
: Indigestion, abdominal ... pain, vomiting, diarrhea ... , weight loss DIAGNOSIS ... #management #parasites ... #Threadworm #lifecycle