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Causes of Chronic Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

#Chronic #Abdominal #Pain #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic ... Abdominal Pain ... Algorithm #Chronic ... #Abdominal #Pain ... #Differential #
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain Causes - Differential ... abdominal pain ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Depression/anxiety • Abdominal ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Algorithm #Causes
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... ) - Differential ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Pain #Differential
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome ... #Causes
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... painAbdominal ... incisional hernias: clinical ... #Abdominal #Pain ... #differential #
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Erythrocytosis) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... Chest Symptoms
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
and Management Algorithm ... fibromyalgia, chronic ... factors affecting symptom ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... symptoms. ... either acute or chronic ... abdominal pain ... percussion • Nausea