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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
and Workup Summary ... Recurrent abdominal pain ... last 3 months + symptom ... and Hepatology ... #workup #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... Recurrent abdominal pain ... Rifaximin- up to 3 courses ... and Hepatology ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... did not yield a diagnosis ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... • Irritable bowel ... #gastroenterology
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
• Tendon • Ligament ... or nerve root Symptoms ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #diagnosis
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
bolus to the small bowel ... bloating, abd pain ... and vasomotor symptoms ... Gastric bypass causes ... #diagnosis #differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
hemolytic anemia • Pain ... ingestion • B symptoms ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... lymph node biopsy (diagnostic ... classification #hematology
Rome IV Criteria for diagnosing Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders (FAPD)
Irritable bowel syndrome
The criteria must be fulfilled
FAPD) Irritable bowel ... not irritable bowel ... following: anorexia, nausea ... for irritable bowel ... AbdominalPain #Disorders #gastroenterology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
abdomen if abdominal pain ... syndrome): - Hematologic ... Treat underlying cause ... urinary retention, bowel ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis