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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Small Intestinal Bowel ... Intolerance • Celiac Disease ... • Irritable Bowel ... SyndromeChronic
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic ... Causes of acute ... Systemic disease ... 1000 g/24 h) #Chronic ... #Diarrhea #management
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Chikungunya - Herpes virus ... Osteoarthritis - Overuse syndrome ... - Inflammatory bowel ... Seronegative Reactive Syndrome ... - Acute rheumatic
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
• Refeeding Syndrome ... • Acute Respiratory ... GI: • Small bowel ... • Inflammatory Bowel ... Disease • Steatorrhea
Cholecystitis - Diagnosis and Management Overview
Types - Acute Calculous, Acalculous, Xanthogranulomatous (chronic)
Complications 
 - Gangrenous (most
Diagnosis and Management ... Overview Types - Acute ... Xanthogranulomatous (chronic ... Diagnosis Treatment ... #Treatment
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Celiac ... bowel disease ... aneurysms • Acute
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Diagnosis and Management ... factors: Previous acute ... fibromyalgia, chronic ... common: Food, Acute
Unilateral / Asymmetric Lower Extremity Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Acute:
 • DVT *Can't Miss Diagnosis
 •
Diagnosis Framework Acute ... Cyst, Cellulitis, Knee ... Problems Chronic ... : • Venous Disease ... Regional Pain Syndrome
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
Previous upper bowel ... , Inflammatory bowel ... disease, Chronic ... syndrome, Cystic ... dental fixatives, Treatment
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Diagnostic Schema Chronic ... GPA, IgA, MPA) Acute ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... Hypoperfusion: Lumen (Bowel ... hypovolemia), Meds/Treatments