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Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diet/Lifestyle
 • Fibre
 • Calories
 • Fluid
 • Exercise
 • Psychosocial
Medications
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Dyssyngergia Irritable Bowel ... (Inflammatory Bowel ... Diverticular Disease) #Constipation ... #Differential #
Stool Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Affected Pelvic Floor 
 - Trauma/Surgery
   • Surgery: Anorectal,
Incontinence - Differential ... Pelvic Floor - Chronic ... Constipation ... Syndrome • ... Chronic Laxative
Fecal Incontinence - Pathogenesis and Complications
Continence mechanisms are impaired
 • Local neuronal damage
 • External and
proctitis) • Chronic ... diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel ... syndrome, laxatives ... • Chronic constipation ... mental conditions (e.g
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
- Differential ... Withholding • Painful (e.g ... Anatomic: • Bowel ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... #Differential #
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Wave Inversions - Differential ... wave inversion syndrome ... Secondary T wave ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Colonic Thumbprint ... Abdominal XRay - Differential ... • inflammatory bowel ... • infection (e.g ... #Diagnosis #radiology
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
(<72 hours) - Differential ... Peritonitic • Bowel ... Gastroenteritis • Constipation ... Metabolic disease (e.g ... syndrome #Diffuse
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Secondary ... hemorrhage) • Chronic ... inflammatory disorders (e.g ... Myelodysplastic syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... (e.g. fibromyalgia ... , chronic fatigue ... , Eluxadoline Constipation ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel
Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Absence of menses for more than 3 cycles or
Causes of Secondary ... Amenorrhea - Differential ... normal prolactin, chaotic ... Cervical stenosis #Secondary ... #Amenorrhea #Differential