Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm Decreased Intake: • GI illness (upper and lower) • Psychiatric (Depression, eating disorders) • Poverty • Abuse • Dementia • Anorexia as an Adverse Drug Effect Malabsorption: • Small Bowel Disease (e.g. Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease) • Pancreatic Insufficiency • Cholestatic Liver Disease • Protein-losing Enteropathy (e.g. Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Increased Expenditure: • Increased Protein/Energy Requirements (e.g. Post-Surgical, Infections, Trauma, Burns) • Cancer • Hyperthyroidism • Chronic Cardiac/Respiratory distress (e.g. COPD) • Chronic Renal Failure • Adrenal Insufficiency • Poorly Controlled Diabetes Mellitus • HIV #WeightLoss #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
