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Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
- Differential ... Overfeeding • Short ... Bowel Syndrome ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... #Diarrhea #Differential
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential ... Increased loss: - Diarrhea ... : - Impaired short-term ... Manifestations #Differential ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin deficiency ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... • Vitamin D deficiency ... #Nutrition #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Allopecia - Differential ... , Loose anagen syndrome ... disease • Pull test ... texture at bald spots ... Initial Laboratory Tests
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Disaccharidase deficiency ... Zollinger-Ellison syndrome ... bowel resection (short ... bowel syndrome) ... #Causes #Differential
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Gitelman Syndrome ... Hypocalciuria (spot ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... Congenital chloride diarrhea ... nephrology #management #pathophysiology