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Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Pediatric Acute ... Abdominal Pain - ... #AbdominalPain ... #Causes #Peds # ... Pediatrics
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... When to suspect AIN ... triad (<10%): fever ... associated with AIN ... Interstitial #Nephritis #AIN
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... acute exacerbation ... Red Flags: • Fever ... Rib fracture • Shingles ... aneurysms • Acute
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
arrived w/severe abd pain ... headache and abd pain ... of blood smear, acute ... a single dose! ... often experience acute
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatic Fever ... Acute Onset ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Arthritis ... Noninflammatory Pain ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... • Rheumatic fever
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
death Neutropenic Fever ... New-onset back pain ... Chest and shoulder pain ... Dyspnea, chest pain ... Hyperuricemia • Acute
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Washed RBC • Single ... - Acute Hemolytic ... pain, dark urine ... Causes purpura & ... TRALI): Leading cause
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
infectious disease caused ... weeks incubation Acute ... mild (malaise, fever ... 80%) (abdominal pain ... Tests - check Acute
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: The exact cause ... , or joint pain. ... relegated to a single ... It causes the absolute ... known pathogenic cause