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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... potentially be an acute ... Red Flags: • Fever ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
) - Diagnostic Algorithm ... , weight loss, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea ... cognitive deficits • Fever ... unknown origin, chronic
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 ... fever, abdominal
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
fibromyalgia, chronic ... inflammation, Abdominal ... cognitions, Abuse Diarrhea ... -HT4 agonists Pain ... #gastroenterology
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - ... dysentery, severe disease ... abdominal processes ... NonInfectious #Algorithm ... #gastroenterology
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Pediatric Acute ... Abdominal Pain - ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Nephrolithiasis #Acute ... #Causes #Peds #
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
symptoms - Headache, fever ... fatigue, Nausea, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea, ... , Chronic spontaneous ... urticaria, Chronic
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, APML, CLL Acute ... extramedullary disease ... , fever, joint pain ... , weight loss, abdominal ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... angioinvasive disease ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... pain, chronic diarrhea ... vomiting, and diarrhea
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... pain ~ ≥ 1x/ week ... missing things" → fewer ... • If Diarrhea: ... Rule out celiac disease