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Colitis - Differential Diagnosis by Segment Location

Ascending Colon:
 - Shigella
 - Salmonella
 - Amebic colitis
Hepatic flexure:
Colitis - Differential ... Ischemia (Watershed) Cecum ... Yersinia - TB Recto-Sigmoid ... Lymphoma - E Coli Rectum ... Segment #Location #Differential
Ulcerative Colitis vs Crohn's Disease - IBD Comparison Table
Ulcerative Collitis
 - Location
Crohn's Disease - IBD ... Comparison Table ... Always affects rectum ... sparing of the rectum ... #Comparison #Table
IBS-D Pharmacotherapy

Loperamide
Rifaximin
Eluxadoline
Alosetron
Antispasmodics
Tricyclic antidepressants
SSRIs

#IBSD #IBS #Diarrhea #Irritable #Bowel #Syndrome #pharmacology #table #comparison #management #treatment
IBS-D Pharmacotherapy ... antidepressants SSRIs #IBSD ... #IBS #Diarrhea ... #pharmacology #table
IBD - Assessment of Lack of Response (sLOR) - Differential Diagnosis
Non-inflammatory mechanisms:
 • IBS
 • Fibrostenotic
IBD - Assessment ... Response (sLOR) - Differential ... mechanisms, Non-IBD ... @JeanDonet #IBD ... LossOfResponse #Differential
Lower GI Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Structural:
 - Diverticulosis
 - Post-Polypectomy Bleeding
 - Hemorrhoids
 - Polyps
Lower GI Bleed - Differential ... - Colonic and Rectal ... Angiodysplasia, Colonic or rectal ... Ischemic Colitis - IBD ... GIBleed #LGIB #Differential
Mesalamine (Mesalazine) Therapy Simplified by Location
Orals - Terminal Ileum, Ascending Colon, Transverse Colon
Enemas - Reach the
Suppositories - Rectum ... Mesalamine #Mesalazine #IBD
Ulcerative Colitis - Surgical Options
 • Proctocolectomy - Ileostomy: ileum is attached to an external bag
after colon & rectum ... gastroenterology #IBD
Lower GI Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

 • Structural: Diverticulosis, Hemorrhoids, Post-polypectomy, Polyps & malignancy, Anal
Lower GI Bleed - Differential ... fistula, Colonic and rectal ... angiodysplasia, colonic/rectal ... Ischemic colitis, IBO ... LGIB #GIBleed #Differential
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea Differential ... Non-infectious: IBD ... • Dysmotility: IBS ... Diarrhea #Chronic #Differential
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
IBD Mimics Infectious ... SROS (solitary rectal ... inflammation: IBS ... lymphomas, others) #IBD ... mimics #mimickers #differential