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Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
IBD, age > 70, pregnant ... infectious causes of acute ... 196 (1.5%) had a positive ... Indications #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... Abdominal Pain: • Pregnancy ... pain • Ectopic pregnancy ... aneurysms • Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
on ABx) → Acute ... Spore ingestion → colonic ... recurrent CDI • Fecal ... Clostridioides #Difficile #Clostridium ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
head in dependent position ... or at work) - acute ... preeclampsia: late pregnancy ... Killers #Lethal #Fatal
Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Upper Gastrointestinal - Acute
 • Infectious Gastroenteritis
 • Gastric/Duodenal Obstruction
Gastrointestinal - Chronic ... Gastrointestinal - Chronic ... Bowel Disease • Colonic ... /Metabolic • Pregnancy ... Monoxide • Heavy Metal
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
arteries) • Pregnancy ... disorders - Chronic ... significantly positive ... Diagnoses: • Acute
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
Causes of a low fecal ... pancreatic imaging: Chronic ... Pancreatic atrophy, Acute ... Rheumatological disorders, Chronic ... diagnosis #causes #gastroenterology