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Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Short Bowel Resection ... Cancer • Microscopic ... #Diarrhea #SmallBowel
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Chronic ... Causes of acute ... surgery or ileal resection ... #algorithm #workup
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Tendon Rupture ... Joint • Pathologic ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
preparation from culture ... Pathology: • Hematoxylin ... sensitive as Ag detection ... #microbiology #microscopy ... fungus #comparison #table
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Causes of Chronic ... idiopathic, ileal resection ... Microscopic colitis ... Factitious #Chronic ... #Diarrhea #Causes
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
Stercoralis on sputum microscopy ... GI tract they mature ... Pts w/ chronic strongy ... symptoms: - GI: diarrhea ... Hyperinfection syndrome is caused
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Bronchiectasis, Chronic ... cardiomyopathy GI: • Diarrhea ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... polarized light microscopy ... staining: Light-chain nature
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 ... microscopy and ... Microscope Protocol