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Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Causes of Pediatric ... Diarrhea - Differential ... Malabsorption: • Lactase ... Cystic Fibrosis • Celiac ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Motility: Diet, IBS-C, Colonic inertia, Pelvic floor disorders,
Causes of Constipation ... - Differential ... • Metabolic: Diabetes ... : Scleroderma, Coeliac ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea ... Bacterial overgrowth, Celiac ... disease, Pancreatic ... , Medications, Diabetes ... Diagnosis #causes
Elevated Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pancreatic causes:
 - Pancreatic cancer
 - Complications pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst
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Algorithm Pancreatic causes ... Non-pancreatic causes ... Renal failure / Chronic ... disease / HIV / ... Diabetes mellitus
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... have had prior evaluations ... malignancy • Lactase ... poisoning • Celiac ... #Causes #Differential
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... testing for fecal elastase ... disease Inflammatory ... Workup #diagnosis #differential ... #testing #evaluation
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
fecal elastase ... pancreatic imaging: Chronic ... result-watery diarrhoea, Coeliac ... disease, Diabetes ... #low #differential
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
and Evaluation ... onset (acute vs. chronic ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... , liver, renal disease ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Failure to Thrive - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Adequate Calorie Consumption
 - Increased Losses:
Causes of Failure ... to Thrive - Differential ... Fibrosis) • Celiac ... Disease • ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes ... - Differential ... Gastrointestinal - Chronic ... Pregnancy • Diabetes ... #Peds #Pediatrics