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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Treatment Algorithm

IBS-Constipation:
 • Constipation: Osmotic laxatives
 • Abdominal pain: Antispasmodics

IBS-Diarrhea:
 • Diarrhea:
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) Treatment ... pain: Antispasmodics ... #Syndrome #IBS ... Management #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Consider cardiac causes ... genitourinary causes ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... pain ~ ≥ 1x/ week ... #Irritable #Bowel
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Peritonitic • Bowel ... syndrome #Diffuse
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Syndrome (IBS) - ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... pain ~ ≥ 1x/ week ... risk • Routine colonoscopy ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... Depression/anxiety • Abdominal ... syndrome • Inflammatory ... bowel disease ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain ... Management #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Hernia: External abdominal ... mesenteric artery syndrome ... perforate the bowel ... #Causes #gastroenterology
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Causes and Assessment ... Pain > 90% no ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Constipation ... Diagnosis #Pediatrics #Causes
TABLE 2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications
lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D)
 - >25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard
Irritable bowel ... syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications ... lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D ... accompanied by pain ... #Classes #Diagnosis