Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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IBD - Assessment of Lack of Response (sLOR) - Differential Diagnosis
Non-inflammatory mechanisms:
 β€’ IBS
 β€’ Fibrostenotic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Other (bile salt diarrhea ... burden - Low ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Inflammatory
Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Inflammatory
 - Infectious
   - Noninvasive
     - Viral
Diarrhea Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bacterial - Protozoal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
initial treatment algorithms ... to nonocclusive low ... tenderness, bloody diarrhea ... #differences #diagnosis ... #table
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
losses - Chronic diarrhea ... / IBD Renal Loses ... #Low #Magnesium ... #Table #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 β€’ Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 β€’ Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Extra-renal ... Gl tract loss (Diarrhea ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
TABLE 2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications
lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D)
 - >25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard
TABLE 2. ... sub-classifications lBS-diarrhoea ... constipation and diarrhoea ... #Classes #Diagnosis ... #Diarrhea
Asymptomatic Ileitis - IBD Algorithm

 β€’ Found on 0.1-21% of non-diagnostic colonoscopies
 β€’ Low likelihood of
Algorithm β€’ ... 0.1-21% of non-diagnostic ... colonoscopies β€’ Low ... Asymptomatic #Ileitis #IBDAlgorithm ... #IBD #Algorithm
Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (β‰₯ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Algorithm for the ... Electrical Storm ES diagnosed ... cardioversion Stable ... of reversible causes ... #Tachycardia #Algorithm
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
Important causes ... of diarrhea in ... Coccidioides 4) Protozoal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes
Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI LOSS - FeMg < 2-2.5% or 24h Urine Mg
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... Algorithm GI LOSS ... Urine Mg < 10g β€’ Diarrhea ... Hypomagnesemia #Magnesium #Low ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm