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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... cultures, but test ... red flags - Low chance ... Balloon Expulsion Test ... and Hepatology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Management
Global IBS Symptoms:
  - Limited trial low FODMAP diet
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... (IBS) - Management ... and Hepatology ... Irritable #Bowel #Syndrome ... #Management #gastroenterology
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
von Willebrand Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Management ... adsorption onto cancer ... #treatment #hematology ... #differential
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... and Management ... and Hepatology ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #gastroenterology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... Malignancy: Metastatic cancer ... Vasculitides, IBD ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome ... inflammation: IBS ... ), Cancer (Adenocarcinomas ... mimics #mimickers #differential ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
of pathway and is ... indicates all the tests ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
for Colorectal Cancer ... and Hepatology ... #Colorectal #Cancer ... comparison #table #management ... #gastroenterology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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encephalitis, West ... - Bickerstaff syndrome ... Miller-Fisher GBS ... small cell lung cancer ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... Mixed Presbycusis is ... Infection or cancer ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome ... Hearing #Loss #Differential