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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... • Irritable bowel ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
GI losses - Chronic ... diarrhea / IBD ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
ataxia), Korsakoff syndrome ... anemia • Vitamin B12 ... immune function, diarrhea ... vitamin #nutrition #table ... #differential #
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
pancreatic imaging: Chronic ... result-watery diarrhoea ... syndrome, Inflammatory ... elastase #low #differential ... #gastroenterology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential ... Manifestations Causes ... processed grains - Chronic ... TPN - Gastric bypass ... Increased loss: - Diarrhea
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
Consider refeeding syndrome ... bolus to the small bowel ... causes increased ... #gastroenterology ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis
Osmotic
 • Food/Drink: Lactose intolerance, Artificial sweeteners (e.g. sorbitol, high
Causes of Chronic ... Diarrhea - Differential ... syndrome (IBS) ... #Diarrhea #Causes ... #Differential #
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... D-lactate (short bowel ... syndrome, intestinal ... acidosis: - Diarrhea ... Neuromuscular weakness (GBS
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Overview What Is ... Malnutrition due to chronic ... Palpitations • Diarrhea ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... #Nutrition #Differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... skin that are caused ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... blood count with differential