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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
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Irritable bowel syndrome ... Malabsorption syndromes ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #management #algorithm ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Differential ... Ischemia • Short ... Lymphoma #Chronic #Diarrhea ... #SmallBowel #Differential
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential ... Increased loss: - Diarrhea ... - Refeeding syndrome ... : - Impaired short-term ... Manifestations #Differential
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... • Weakness: Starts ... arrythmias • Other: Diarrhea ... Miller Fisher Syndrome ... #diagnosis #management
Diarrhea with Normal Colonoscopy
 • Colonic: Bile acid malabsorption, Microscopic colitis, Overflow diarrhoea, Missed pathology
 •
Diarrhea with Normal ... colitis, Overflow diarrhoea ... e.g. coeliac), Short ... bowel syndrome, ... #differential #
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... D D-lactate (short ... bowel syndrome, ... acidosis: - Diarrhea ... Base #Gas #VBG #differential
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... Constipation, Diarrhea ... taper 3-7 days - Short ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome ... Malabsorption syndromes ... bowel resection (short ... bowel syndrome) ... #Causes #Differential
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
to be in ADHF starts ... acute coronary syndrome ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management