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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Chronic ... Systemic disease ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Evaluating a Patient with Presumed Cushing Syndrome

#Cushings #Syndrome #Disease #Algorithm #Workup #Dexamethasone #Suppression #Test #diagnosis
Evaluating a Patient ... Presumed Cushing Syndrome ... #Cushings #Syndrome ... #Disease #Algorithm ... #Workup #Dexamethasone
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Workup ... • If Diarrhea: ... #Diagnosis #workup ... #gastroenterology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
have had prior evaluations ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... taken at home, work ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... Approach (when evaluation ... previously stable values ... Renal parenchymal disease ... #Hypertension #Workup
Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm
IgA TTG has high sensitivity and specificity of ~ 98% and is
Celiac Disease - ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... serologic marker for evaluating ... and Williams’ syndromes ... #workup