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Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diet/Lifestyle
 • Fibre
 • Calories
 • Fluid
 • Exercise
 • Psychosocial
Medications
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Antispasmodics, Antidepressants ... Dyssyngergia Irritable Bowel ... Neuropathy • Pseudo--obstruction ... (Inflammatory Bowel
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Sulfonamides, Tricyclic antidepressants ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... , Inflammatory bowel ... #Myocarditis #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Anatomic: • Bowel ... Obstruction • ... Pseudo-obstruction ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Constipation - Differential ... Anatomic • Bowel ... Obstruction • ... Pseudo--obstruction ... Guillan-Barré Syndrome
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
- Differential ... mesenteric artery syndrome ... perforate the bowel ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #SBO #bowel
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
(<72 hours) - Differential ... Peritonitic • Bowel ... Obstruction • ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome #Diffuse
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Malabsorption - Differential ... Biliary Duct Obstruction ... length • Short bowel ... syndrome • Small ... bowel resection
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
- Mnemonic and Differential ... D - Distended bowel ... loop O - Obstructive ... ACUTE #ABDOMEN #Differential ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Costochondritis - Tietze syndrome ... - Spasm - Obstruction ... Pain #ChestPain #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Intestinal obstruction ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Celiac ... Chronic #Causes #Differential