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Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... of GI Bleed Upper ... , Infectious colitis ... Radiation CMC IM ... #algorithm
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
of Hypoglycemia Evaluation ... UA, urine and blood ... Diagnosis #EM #IM ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Drugs #Malignancy
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Serum Mg: GI losses, Renal losses, Alcoholism, Malnutrition, Drug-Induced
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Low Serum Mg: GI ... Large volumes of blood ... chelates Ca2+) Emory IM ... #causes
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Algorithm Before ... wasting from other causes ... losses: • High Blood ... ↑ Aldosterone: Malignant ... • Low/Normal Blood
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
and Diagnosis Algorithm ... Risk factors for malignancy ... Nephrology if cause ... identified by UW IM ... Workup #urology #blood
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
have had prior evaluations ... the patient • Blood ... PUD • Gastric malignancy ... mesenteric ischemia • GI ... malignancy
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stool + Occult blood ... OUT BRISK Upper GI ... bleed, • Acute colitis ... #Causes