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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 syndrome ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... 1. ... positive 2. ... #Diarrhea #management ... algorithm #workup #diagnosis
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
on ABx) → Acute ... Diarrhea (>3 BM ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #management #treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1- ... arrythmias • Other: Diarrhea ... main variants: (1) ... #diagnosis #management
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs Acute ... back • Time: 1- ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... tremor ("rabbit syndrome ... #pharmacology #management
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
after an acute ... 1. ... • Diagnosis: ... covering both gram positive ... #management #treatment
Diagnostic Criteria for Sweet Syndrome (Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis)
Major criteria 
 1. Abrupt onset of tender
Diagnostic Criteria ... (Acute Febrile ... inflammatory disease, or pregnancy ... Excellent response to treatment ... rate >20 mm/h; positive
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... Constipation, Diarrhea ... symptoms) • Acute ... #management #neurology ... #treatment #MS
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
disease states 1. ... shaped • Weakly positively ... Pseudogout: Treatment ... Crowned Dens Syndrome ... #management