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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 ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... #workup #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... Pain: • Pregnancy ... pain • Ectopic pregnancy ... aneurysms • Acute ... #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... and Management ... inflammation, Abdominal ... #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Diagnosis and Management ... : • Use a positive ... IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... #Management #gastroenterology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... of Pregnancy (AFLP ... : • Defect in fetal ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... brightness) • Biopsy is
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... illness: T > 38.50C, abdominal ... positive 2. ... #Diarrhea #management ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
patients with anemia, diagnose ... only if serology is ... positive Bidirectional ... change medical management ... #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
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
and Management ... triad: Bleeding, abdominal ... , and palpable abdominal ... patients with acute ... Management: SURGERY
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
and recurrent acute ... • R (Recurrent acute ... is in question ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... #management #gastroenterology