Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 β€’ Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 β€’ Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Chronic Diarrhea ... Differential Diagnosis ... Inflammatory, Infectious ... Dysmotility: IBS, Medications ... #causes #gastroenterology
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Malignancy - CNS infections ... in kidneys) - Medications ... cisplatin) - Chronic ... #Table #Causes
Algorithm for screening/diagnosis and treatment/follow‐up of iron deficiency in patients with chronic heart failure. Hb, haemoglobin;
for screening/diagnosis ... and treatment/follow‐up ... patients with chronic ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Indications #Treatment
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 β€’ A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
centrifugum β€’ A chronic ... autoimmune conditions, medications ... idiopathic, and medications ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis
Osmotic
 β€’ Food/Drink: Lactose intolerance, Artificial sweeteners (e.g. sorbitol, high
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... corn syrup) β€’ Medications ... Microscopic colitis β€’ Medications ... Tropical sprue β€’ Medications
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 β€’ Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Differential Diagnosis ... Eosinophilia Infection ... (ABPA, ABPM) Medications ... Idiopathic: Acute chronic ... #causes
Causes of ileitis beyond Crohn’s disease and infections include systemic disorders -spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, ischemia, and amyloidosis
Causes of ileitis ... ’s disease and infections ... amyloidosis as well as medications ... See below for table ... articles/PMC2914216/ #Diagnosis
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 β€’ Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Testing Algorithm INDICATIONS ... for secondary causes ... drug reaction, infection ... glucocorticoid treatment ... #Differential #diagnosis
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 β€’ Bacterial: Escherichia
: Secondary to infections ... Prostate cancer β€’ Medications ... FSGS β€’ Other: Chronic ... #differential #diagnosis ... urine #management #treatment
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
GI losses - Chronic ... Renal Loses - Medications ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes