11 results
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Ileal Crohn's ... Motility • Irritable ... Bowel Syndrome ... Bowel Syndrome ... (Screen with CBC
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel ... gastric surgery or ileal ... Systemic disease ... bowel syndrome,
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Definitions Pathophysiology ... Intolerance • Celiac Disease ... Interaction: • Irritable ... Bowel Syndrome ... Algorithm #Treatment #gastroenterology
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
Causes of Anemia ... • Small Bowel ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... Cells, Normal WBCs ... #Hematology
Short Bowel Syndrome - Acute and Chronic Adverse Signs and Symptoms of Ileal Resection
 • Dehydration
Short Bowel Syndrome ... - Acute and Chronic ... and Symptoms of Ileal ... • Pernicious Anemia ... #Resection #pathophysiology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Constipation • Irritable ... bowel syndrome ... • Inflammatory bowel ... diseaseChronic ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Ileal Pouch Disorders - Differential Diagnosis
 • Surgical/Mechanical: Anastomotic leak, Pelvic sepsis, Sinus, Fistula, Strictures, Efferent
Ileal Pouch Disorders ... Small bowel bacterial ... • Functional: Irritable ... Systemic/Metabolic: Anemia ... Diagnosis #surgery #gastroenterology
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
pancreatic imaging: Chronic ... Shwachman-Diamond syndrome ... acid diarrhoea, Irritable ... bowel syndrome, ... #gastroenterology
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
Causes of Chronic ... malabsorption (idiopathic, ileal ... Irritable bowel ... syndrome Chronic ... #Diarrhea #Causes
Causes of Constipation in Adults
Most common
 - Inadequate fiber or fluid intake
 - Poor bowel habits
Systemic
Causes of Constipation ... intake - Poor bowel ... hypercalcemia, uremia ... floor dyssynergia Irritable ... bowel syndrome