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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... • Rome IV Criteria ... last 3 months + symptom ... Change in frequency ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm ... "pass out" • Symptoms ... Associated with frequent ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Algorithm ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Tropheryma whipplei Symptoms ... Diagnostic Criteria ... macrophages from a small bowel ... Disease #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #criteria
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria ... , Mild sensory symptoms ... Persistent bladder or bowel ... Severe bladder or bowel ... #neurology #neuropathy
TABLE 2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications
lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D)
 - >25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard
Irritable bowel ... stools - Morning frequency ... lumpy stools - Symptoms ... diarrhoea - Symptoms ... consistency to meet the criteria
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel ... Rome IV Criteria ... last 3 months + symptom ... Change in frequency ... out inflammatory bowel
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
findings: • Symptoms ... injury - Loss of bowel ... below lesion) • Bowel ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Ataxia • GU: Frequent ... Signs and symptoms ... McDonald diagnostic criteria ... objective evidence of neurologic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Rome IV Criteria for diagnosing Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders (FAPD)
Irritable bowel syndrome
The criteria must be fulfilled
Rome IV Criteria ... FAPD) Irritable bowel ... change in the frequency ... not irritable bowel ... for irritable bowel
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
neuropsychiatric symptoms ... other causes of neurologic ... TIPS West Haven Criteria ... to maintain 2-3 bowel