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Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup ... hydrogen breath test ... colonoscopy), Abdominal ... fecal elastase-1 ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Screening Testing ... ultrasound; MRA; abdominal ... syndrome - Overnight 1- ... #Workup #table
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
and Workup Summary ... strategy with minimal testing ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... the following: 1. ... cultures, but test
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
illness: T > 38.50C, abdominal ... Ova and parasite testing ... diarrhea, fever, abdominal ... management #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Clinical ... and a palpable abdominal ... initial test: abdominal ... express Laboratory tests
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... Infections 2. ... , abdominal pain ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Algorithm Clinical ... Weakness, fatigue, nausea ... volume depletion, abdominal ... , hypoglycemia Testing ... ACTH) stimulation test
POCUS diagnosis of acute appendicitis:
(1) Blind-ended
(2) Target shaped tubular structure
(3) Originating from the cecum
(4) Non-compressible
(5) Non-peristalsing
POCUS diagnosis ... appendicitis: (1) ... Blind-ended (2) ... #Appendicitis #Abdominal ... #Appendix #Clinical
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Management Caused ... Symptoms and Signs: 1. ... oligoarthralgia (80%) 2. ... Abdominal pain; ... positive T. whipplei test
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... more than one cause ... of ascites. 2) ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup