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Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
of chronic diarrhea ... impractical to test ... to sort out the ... much smaller differential ... #Chronic #Diarrhea
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Differential ... Ischemia • Short ... #Diarrhea #SmallBowel ... #Differential #
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
life Causes and clinical ... abdominal pain, diarrhea ... , Chronic spontaneous ... urticaria, Chronic ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... hydrogen breath test ... testing for celiac disease ... #Diarrhea #Workup ... #diagnosis #differential
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Onset ○ Meniere disease ... ○ HIV ○ Lyme disease ... #Diagnosis #otology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Giant retinal tears ... Recurrent and chronic
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Findings in or Near ... Chronic infections ... the Fingers Clinically ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Signs
Performing Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) Measurement
Sensitive and Specific + Inexpensive Test for Diagnosing PAD [In Patients
Performing Ankle ... + Inexpensive Test ... Patients with Clinical ... Suggestive of Chronic ... Peripheral Arterial Disease
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Diagnosis: Causes ... D D-lactate (short ... acidosis: - Diarrhea ... restrictive lung disease ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis infections/year ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... characteristic features Clinical ... malignancy, and chronic ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis