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Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
• Persisting 1 ... , 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.
Summary Use a positive ... Recurrent abdominal pain ... the following: 1. ... • If Diarrhea: ... Diagnosis #workup #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... : • Pregnancy ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... D-lactate (short bowel ... acidosis: - Diarrhea ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
on ABx) → Acute ... Diarrhea (>3 BM ... blood/mucus, Abd pain ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
continues into tall, positive ... especially if there is ... asymmetrical, broad-based ... deviation) • Acute ... EKG #diagnosis #differential