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Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Tests for Celiac ... negative predictive value ... for celiac disease ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Table
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... of renal disease ... ultrasound; MRA; abdominal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Workup #table
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... , abdominal pain ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... rheumatology #comparison #table
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup ... hydrogen breath test ... colonoscopy), Abdominal ... disease Inflammatory ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Workup
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
will correctly diagnose ... a case, or the ... that any given case ... it has a narrow focus ... #Calculation #Table
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... insufficiency - Celiac ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pericardial ... • Stable Angina ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... #Algorithm #Causes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
and Workup Summary ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... cultures, but test ... - Rule out celiac ... disease w/ T TG
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Management Caused ... Abdominal pain; ... positive T. whipplei test ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Pediatric Acute Abdominal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Generalized ... • Infantile Colic ... #Algorithm #Causes