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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic ... Causes of acute ... #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis #differential
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... History and Exam Acute ... life-threatening causes ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... score for PE • CTA
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Workup for Hypophosphatemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Malabsorption, Chronic ... diarrhea, Poor ... #phosphate #nephrology
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic ... Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... #Chronic #Causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... Ova and parasite ... #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Causes of Hyponatremia ... losses, Vomiting, Diarrhea ... UNa > 20: • Acute ... or chronic renal ... #nephrology
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
GI Absorption: Chronic ... Diarrhea, Antacids ... Refeeding Syndrome, Acute ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #phosphorus #workup
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... acidosis: - Diarrhea ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... sedation, narcotics, CVA ... #Summary #Nephrology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... did not yield a diagnosis ... potentially be an acute ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... aneurysms • Acute
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... of Acute Exacerbation ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... Echo, LE doppler, CTA ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary