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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
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
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... more than one cause ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... 3) Optional tests ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #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
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Management Caused ... Symptoms and Signs: 1. ... Abdominal pain; ... macrophages from a small bowel ... positive T. whipplei test
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
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 ... , abdominal pain ... Disorientation, vertigo Diagnostic ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... strategy with minimal testing ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... Rifaximin- up to 3 courses ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

This 28yo female with history of Crohn's disease presents with abdominal pain,
presents with abdominal ... pain, nausea, and ... for this SBO, diagnosed ... specificity using 1) ... #Abdominal #clinical
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
alterations, and bowel ... Myelitis - Clinical ... varying degrees of: 1. ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... • Infectious causes