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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel ... Summary Use a positive ... IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... TinaPhamHang via Emory Gastroenterology ... #workup #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 ... #gastroenterology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
) - Diagnosis and ... on ABx) → Acute ... Spore ingestion → colonic ... • Fecal Microbiota ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... Pathophysiology, Diagnosis ... fibromyalgia, chronic ... Management #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
patients with anemia, diagnose ... inflammation or chronic ... only if serology is ... positive Bidirectional ... #gastroenterology
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
, age > 70, pregnant ... infectious causes of acute ... 196 (1.5%) had a positive ... #Indications #diagnosis ... #gastroenterology
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
pancreatic imaging: Chronic ... Pancreatic atrophy, Acute ... Rheumatological disorders, Chronic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #gastroenterology
Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Upper Gastrointestinal - Acute
 • Infectious Gastroenteritis
 • Gastric/Duodenal Obstruction
- Differential Diagnosis ... Gastrointestinal - Chronic ... • Small/Large Bowel ... • Inflammatory Bowel ... /Metabolic • Pregnancy
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... arteries) • Pregnancy ... disorders - Chronic ... significantly positive ... : • Acute Coronary
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... weeks incubation Acute ... signs/symptoms, positive ... Tests - check Acute ... only available at CDC