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Acute Abdominal Pain - Location Based Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Rule out surgical abdomen: pt lying still, rigid/hard
- Location Based ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Locations can be ... , appendicitis may ... #Location #Differential
Map of Referred Pain
Referred pain occurs when nerves from two different anatomic sites converge onto the
Map of Referred ... Pain Referred pain ... the two sites may ... Gallbladder — Appendix ... #Map #Locations
Colitis - Differential Diagnosis by Segment Location

Ascending Colon:
 - Shigella
 - Salmonella
 - Amebic colitis
Hepatic flexure:
Diagnosis by Segment Location ... Watershed) Cecum and Appendix ... . trachomatis Pan-Colitis ... Colitis #Segment #Location ... Differential #Diagnosis #Map
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
onset of swelling, pain ... OA in atypical locations ... : Wrist, MCP, or ... infection • Imaging may ... swelling, significant pain
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
obstruction • COPD ... • Hypoxemia • Pain ... - non anion gap ... MD @nickmmark #acidbase ... #workup #algorithm
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
onset of swelling, pain ... OA in atypical locations ... : Wrist, MCP or ... Radiographically it may ... with acute neck pain