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Differential of Abdominal Pain - by Character and Timing of Pain:

Inflammatory, Colicky and Catastrophic

#Diagnosis #AbdominalPain #Colicky
Character and Timing ... , Colicky and Catastrophic ... AbdominalPain #Colicky ... #Abdominal #Pain ... #Differential #Algorithm
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... and Management Algorithm ... : Dyspnea, Leg pain ... supine, improves on sitting ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Acute Abdominal Pain ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Infantile Colic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Abdominal pain; ... colicky (60%) 4 ... Disease #diagnosis #algorithm
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
the endothelial lining ... Gastrointestinal (85%) - Colicky ... abdominal pain
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
Mechanisms of Pain ... From organ/cavity lining ... Complex regional pain ... Spinal injury #Pain ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Acute Abdominal Pain ... Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... ) • Ureteric colic ... Acute #Abdominal #Pain ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm