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Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea ... Non-infectious: IBD ... , Medications, Diabetes ... BostonChiefs #Diarrhea ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
Stool Cultures - Indications ... in Diarrhea Patient ... immunocompromised, IBD ... Few infectious causes ... Stool #Cultures #Indications
Common causes of post-Transplant Diarrhea
 • Bacterial: Clostridium difficile, Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp., Bacterial overgrowth, Aeromonus
post-Transplant Diarrhea ... Entameoba • IS medications ... Sirolimus • Non-IS medications ... Other: GVHD, PTLD, IBD ... #Transplant #Diarrhea
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
- Chronic diarrhea ... / IBD Renal Loses ... - Medications ... Magnesium #Table #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis
Osmotic
 • Food/Drink: Lactose intolerance, Artificial sweeteners (e.g. sorbitol, high
Causes of Chronic ... Diarrhea - Differential ... bowel disease (IBD ... / #Chronic #Diarrhea ... #inflammatory #classification
TABLE 2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications
lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D)
 - >25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard
) sub-classifications ... lBS-diarrhoea ... constipation and diarrhoea ... #Classes #Diagnosis ... #Diarrhea
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
• Common Causes ... gastric acidity, medications ... papillae of tongue), abd ... pain, diarrhea ... related to IBD,
Antiarrhythmic Medications - Vaughan-Williams Classification
 • Class I (Ia, Ib, Ic)
 • Class II
 • Class
Antiarrhythmic Medications ... Vaughan-Williams Classification ... , Ib, Ic) • Class ... Antiarrhythmic #Medications ... Vaughan #Williams #Classification
Antiarrhythmic Medications - Vaughan-Williams Classification
 • Class I (Ia, Ib, Ic)
 • Class II
 • Class
Antiarrhythmic Medications ... Vaughan-Williams Classification ... , Ib, Ic) • Class ... Antiarrhythmic #Medications ... Vaughan #Williams #Classification