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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
CGD and Mulch Pneumonitis
This acute fulminant invasive fungal pneumonia in absence of iatrogenic or exogenous immunosuppression
Pneumonitis This acute ... Cleaning gutters with dead ... Wood chipping; Lawn ... spores and hyphae Acute ... #Pneumonitis #chronic
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
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 ... #Dangerous #Deadly
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
RA, SLE, PRV, Chronic ... Normal RBCs • Acute ... Hypothyroid • Pregnancy ... • Early Iron
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Clinical Disease
Indication:  Individuals
disease and tested positive ... patients with acute ... , early-chronic, ... Preferred Therapy for Acute ... , Early Chronic,
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
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
bloating, and early ... venous pressure, positive ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... (Sens. 81% for acute ... effusions). 1/5 pts w/ 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