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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... • Rome IV Criteria ... - Recurrent abdominal ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel ... #Management #gastroenterology
Diagnostic criteria for Neutropenic Enterocolitis (NEC)
Major Criteria:
 • Neutropenia (ANC <500 x 10^9 cells/L)
 • Bowel
Diagnostic criteria ... 9 cells/L) • Bowel ... : • Abdominal ... distention • Abdominal ... Enterocolitis #Diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel ... Rome IV Criteria ... - Recurrent abdominal ... last 3 months + symptom ... #workup #gastroenterology
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Small Intestinal Bowel ... • Irritable Bowel ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics ... Bloating #Management #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Treatment #gastroenterology
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Tropheryma whipplei Symptoms ... Abdominal pain; ... Criteria - Either ... macrophages from a small bowel ... algorithm #management #criteria
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential Diagnosis ... did not yield a diagnosis ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... • Irritable bowel ... #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Pathophysiology, Diagnosis ... factors affecting symptom ... inflammation, Abdominal ... Management #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Important Causes of RUQ and Midline Abdominal Pain - Illness Scripts
PUD, Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction, Appendicitis,
RUQ and Midline Abdominal ... Gastroenteritis, Small bowel ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
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Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis ... Management Summary Symptoms ... : • Abdominal pain ... of 4 following criteria ... #Ketoacidosis #Diagnosis
Functional Dyspepsia Syndromes - Epigastric Pain Syndrome (EPS) and Postprandial Distress Syndrome (PDS)
Epigastric Pain Syndrome (EPS):
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pathology • Criteria ... >3 months • Symptoms ... pathology • Criteria ... PDS #syndromes #gastroenterology ... #venn #diagnosis