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Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea ... certain foods or meds ... elastase-1 Hypermotility ... disease Inflammatory ... 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 ... disease, Diabetes ... of orlistat #fecal ... #elastase #low
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
have had prior evaluations ... bowel syndrome • Celiac ... malignancy • Lactase ... intolerance • SIBO Focal ... poisoning • Celiac
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation ... Focal pulmonary ... are > 3 cm in diameter ... are called lung masses ... comorbidities, such as chronic