Acute Diarrhea Evaluation in Primary Care Acute Diarrhea luation in ...

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Initial Evaluation • Degree of illness of patient: • hydration • septic or toxic • systemic disease • consider therapeutic dilemmas: • antibiotics; antidiarrheal agents • how best to rehydrate—oral vs IV • duration of diarrhea
Initial evaluationdiagnostic possibilities • Exposure history—epidemics; others • who are ill • Outdoor or unclean water exposure • Food exposure; time since exposure; • others who became ill • Enclosed space/nursing home/nursery • Nutrition • travel
Page 1 and 2: Acute Diarrhea Evaluation in Primar
Page 3 and 4: Definition— —”Acute” • Pa
Page 5: Initial Evaluation • Evaluation p
Page 9 and 10: Food Poisoning Syndromes • Prefor
Page 11 and 12: GI disease not related to food •
Page 13 and 14: Gastroenteritis syndromes • Emesi
Page 15 and 16: Calicivirus • 90% of epidemic gas
Page 17 and 18: Rotavirus • Major illness in very
Page 19 and 20: Traveller’s diarrhea • Usually
Page 21 and 22: Foodrelated gastrointestinal infe
Page 23 and 24: salmonella • Most common foodbo
Page 25 and 26: Salmonella (continued) • Treatmen
Page 27 and 28: E.coli O157:H7 (Enterohemorrhargic
Page 29 and 30: Campylobacter jejuni • Common; ra
Page 31 and 32: Clostridium difficile • No longer

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