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Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Diagnostic Tests for Celiac ... patients with celiac ... Sensitivity for celiac ... IgG deamidated gliadin ... expensive #Celiac
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Malabsorption • Celiac ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... endoscopy) • Celiac ... • Carcinoid Syndrome
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Cystic Fibrosis • Celiac ... • Short Bowel Syndrome ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Crohn's disease, celiac ... Shwachman-Diamond syndrome ... Autoimmune • Celiac ... • Short bowel syndrome
Parkinson's Plus Syndromes - Atypical Parkinsonism
Main motor symptoms:
 • Tremors
 • Limb rigidity
 • Bradykinesia
Other symptoms
Parkinson's Plus Syndromes ... Parkinson's plus syndrome ... system atrophy (MSA ... • Corticobasal syndrome ... Parkinsons #Plus #Syndromes
Rotator Cuff Syndrome - SITS
Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and Subscapularis.
Causes: Calcific supraspinatus tendinitis 
Signs: painful abduction
Rotator Cuff Syndrome ... Rotator #Cuff #Syndrome ... diagnosis #sports #MSK
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
• Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... • Celiac disease ... poisoning • Celiac ... artery compression syndrome
Pelvic X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Sacro-iliac joints
 - Don't forget the lumbar spine -
Checklist - Sacro-iliac ... - Iliac bone lesion ... labeled #anatomy #msk
Alternatives to opioids for pain management in the emergency department decreases opioid usage and maintains patient
Pathways #Table #MSK ... Migraine #Headache #Colic
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Anticentromere - CREST syndrome ... La) - Sjogren's syndrome ... transglutaminase (TTG) - Celiac ... Goodpasture's syndrome