Term
Diarrhea definition
Acute vs Chronic |
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Definition
Diarrhea: 3 or more loose stools per day
Acute: 14 days or less
Chronic: 30 days or more |
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Term
What can Bismuth subsalicylate be used for?
Some side effects? |
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Definition
Idiopathic Diarrhea
Side effects include: hypercalcemia, hypercalcuria, *BLACK STOOLS |
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Term
| C. Difficile treatment for moderate, or severe ? |
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Definition
Moderate - Metronidazole
Severe - ORAL vanc |
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Term
| C. difficile - do you want to stop the diarrhea using antimotility agents? |
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Definition
| NO, because do not want the pathogen to stay in colon |
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Term
| Opioid antimotility agents |
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Definition
| codiene, diphenoxylate, loperamide |
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Term
| What agents are used to control diarrhea caused by neuroendocrine tumors? |
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Definition
octreotide, or lanreotide
(Somatostatin analogues) |
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Term
What anti-diarrheal agents should be avoided in pregnancy?
Should metronidazole be used in breast feeding? |
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Definition
Diphenoxylate and bismuth subsalicylate.
Metronidazole should NOT be used in breastfeeding, breastfeeding should be suspended until treatment has finished |
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