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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
days) Exclude: 1. ... Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel ... biopsy - Small bowel ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
• Persisting 1 ... IBD, age > 70, pregnant ... infectious causes of acute ... 196 (1.5%) had a positive ... Indications #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel ... Summary Use a positive ... the following: 1. ... • If Diarrhea: ... Diagnosis #workup #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... aneurysms • Acute ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
Pancreatic atrophy, Acute ... result-watery diarrhoea ... mellitus, Bile acid diarrhoea ... elastase #low #differential ... diagnosis #causes #gastroenterology