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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... , chronic fatigue ... #Irritable #Bowel ... Management #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... Rome IV Criteria ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #workup #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... • Rome IV Criteria ... #Irritable #Bowel ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
changes without chronic ... inflammation: IBS ... (irritable bowel ... #inflammatroy #bowel ... differential #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
• Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Celiac ... • Inflammatory bowel ... disease • Necrotic bowel ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome ... pre-excitation syndromes ... #MedStudent #EKG ... DeltaWave #ShortPR #Criteria ... #ECGEducator
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis
Osmotic
 • Food/Drink: Lactose intolerance, Artificial sweeteners (e.g. sorbitol, high
Causes of Chronic ... Artificial sweeteners (e.g ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome (IBS) ... • Inflammatory bowel
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Cholestatic drugs- e.g ... - Acquired • Chronic ... Celiac disease • IBD ... length • Short bowel ... bowel resection
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
pancreatic imaging: Chronic ... malformation (eg ... Shwachman-Diamond syndrome ... syndrome, Inflammatory ... diagnosis #causes #gastroenterology
Diarrhea with Normal Colonoscopy
 • Colonic: Bile acid malabsorption, Microscopic colitis, Overflow diarrhoea, Missed pathology
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Colonoscopy • Colonic ... pathology • Small Bowel ... coeliac), Short bowel ... syndrome, Ischaemia ... 19) • Others: IBS-D