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Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
impractical to test ... many possible causes ... of chronic diarrhea ... to sort out the ... much smaller differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... Fevers and/or chills ... Most Common Causes ... Sweat chloride test ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
patellar reflex testing ... The Achilles reflex ... is best elicited ... on a chair with ankles ... The Achilles tendon
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Persistent or chronic ... infections can cause ... Bacillus cereus (short-incubation ... infections) • Chronic ... #diagnosis #differential
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
with headache, chills ... mosquito bite Diarrhea ... polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) testing ... and possibly PCR testing ... Fever #Travel #Differential