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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Evaluation of Acute ... pain, bloody diarrhea ... Ova and parasite ... #diagnosis
Diagnostic criteria for Neutropenic Enterocolitis (NEC)
Major Criteria:
 • Neutropenia (ANC <500 x 10^9 cells/L)
 • Bowel
Diagnostic criteria ... pain (>3 on visual ... cramping • Diarrhea ... #criteria #hematology ... #oncology
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... #Abdominal #Pain ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... aneurysms • Acute ... #Causes #Differential
Acute Abdominal Pain - Location Based Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Rule out surgical abdomen: pt lying still, rigid/hard
Acute Abdominal ... Based Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Acute #Abdominal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
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Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnosis ... dysentery, severe disease ... abdominal processes ... #Diarrhea #Differential
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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: - Acute appendicitis ... - Sickle cell disease ... Inflammatory bowel disease ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic ... Algorithm Whipple's ... , weight loss, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Diseases Presenting with Pain Out Of Proportion (POOP) - Differential Diagnosis:
 - Orbital Cellulitis 
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Diseases Presenting ... with Pain Out Of ... Angina - Aortic Abdominal ... Aneurysm - Acute ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - ... Differential Diagnostic ... Toxins Bloody/Pain ... #Diarrhea #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm