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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Bloating - Treatment Algorithm ... Etiologies: • Small Intestinal ... • Prior GEJ surgery ... Fundoplication, Bariatric surgery ... • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Autoimmune:
 • Isolated
 • Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome 1
 •
Insufficiency - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hemochromatosis Other: • Surgery ... • Pituitary dysfunction ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Conductive Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Normal Otoscopy - Middle Ear:
 • Otosclerosis
 • Congenital (Ossicular
Conductive Hearing Loss ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Eustachian Tube Dysfunction ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ACTH-Dependent (Secondary):
 • Pituitary Dysfunction
 • Hypothalamic Dysfunction
ACTH-Independent (Primary):
Insufficiency - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Pituitary Dysfunction ... • Hypothalamic Dysfunction ... Hemochromatosis • Other: Surgery
Iron Deficiency Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Labs: Ferritin, iron, transferrin, TIBC, TSAT, sTfR

 • Blood loss:
Deficiency Anemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... sTfR • Blood loss ... bleed, Epistaxis, Surgery ... Hemodialysis • Iron loss
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Iron Deficiency - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... menses), Epistaxis, Surgery ... disease, Bypass surgery ... Iron #Deficiency #Differential
Tinnitus - Subjective (heard only by patient) - 90% - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral On Audiogram -
patient) - 90% - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Causes: Thyroid Dysfunction ... hearing #subjective #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Sensorineural Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Asymmetric Sensorineural Hearing Loss: 
 • Neoplastic (Vestibular Schwannoma)
 •
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Iatrogenic (Radiation, Surgery ... #HearingLoss #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Male Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erectile Dysfunction
 - Psychological
    •
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pelvic Surgery ... • Prostate Surgery ... #Male #Differential
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
inhibitors - Primary intestinal ... / IBD Renal Loses ... renal tubular dysfunction ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential