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Differential Diagnosis for bowel obstruction #Diagnosis #EM #GenSurg #Bowel #Obstruction #Ileus #Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis ... for bowel obstruction ... #EM #GenSurg #Bowel ... Obstruction #Ileus #Differential ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Causes of Small Bowel ... Bleeding - Differential ... : Inflammatory Bowel ... SmallBowel #Bleeding #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #gastroenterology
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Obstruction - Differential ... perforate the bowel ... #Obstruction #Differential ... Diagnosis #SBO #bowel ... #Causes #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Irritable bowel ... • Inflammatory bowel ... Chronic #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
IBS (irritable bowel ... #inflammatroy #bowel ... mimics #mimickers #differential ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
bolus to the small bowel ... TypicallySilent via Emory Gastroenterology ... gastric #bypass #gastroenterology ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
diarrhoea, Irritable bowel ... , Inflammatory bowel ... disease, Small bowel ... elastase #low #differential ... diagnosis #causes #gastroenterology
Causes of Small Bowel Ulceration
The diagnosis of IBD can’t be made or excluded by biopsies alone
Causes of Small Bowel ... causes in the small bowel ... Ulceration #diagnosis #differential ... #gastroenterology
Ileal Pouch Disorders - Differential Diagnosis
 • Surgical/Mechanical: Anastomotic leak, Pelvic sepsis, Sinus, Fistula, Strictures, Efferent
Pouch Disorders - Differential ... Small bowel bacterial ... Pouch #Disorders #Differential ... Diagnosis #surgery #gastroenterology