Algorithm for the Evaluation of the Patient with Dyspnea #Dyspnea #Algorithm #Evaluation #Assessment #Diagnosis

Major Categories of Diarrhea - Characteristics and Symptoms #Diagnosis #Diarrhea #Categories #Classification #Symptoms #Comparison #Table

Pathogens Causing Bloody Diarrhea = SEECSY Mnemonic SEECSY= Bloody diarrhea doesn’t sounds SEXY S = Salmonella E = E Coli (EHEC, ETEC) E = Entamoeba (Protozoa) C = Campylobacter S = Shigella Y = Yersinia Enterocolitica Adapted from https://www.slideshare.net/JonathanBwalya/bacterial-diarrhea-2013-4th-year-unza-medical #SEECSY #Sexy #Mnemonic #Pathogens #Bloody #Diarrhea #Differential #Hemorrhagic #Causes

TABLE 2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D) - >25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard or lumpy stools - Morning frequency, often with urgency - Usually accompanied by pain that is often relieved by defaecation IBS-constipation (IBS-C) - >25% hard or lumpy stools; <25% loose or watery stools - Most common in women - Sensation of incomplete evacuation - Associated with the passage of mucus IBS-mixed (IBS-M) - >25% loose or watery stools; >25% hard or lumpy stools - Symptoms alternate between constipation and diarrhoea - Symptoms often involve the passage of hard stools in the morning, followed by increasingly loose or watery stools throughout the day IBS-unclassified (IBS-U) - <25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard or lumpy stools - Insufficient abnormality of stool consistency to meet the criteria for IBS-C or IBS-M #IrritableBowelSyndrome #IBS #Subclassifications #Classes #Diagnosis #Diarrhea