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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... wall pain • Abdominal
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
syncope, seizures, Confusion ... , vomiting, diarrhea ... intestinal edema, abdominal ... pain and fecal ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
on POCUS RUSH ... hypotension, abd pain ... Diagnosis? ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... See CT scan.
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Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
- Differential Diagnosis ... Necrotizing PNA, Abscess ... Goodpasture's, SLE ... Postprocedural, Lung contusion ... #pulmonary #causes
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea ... , Nausea/vomiting ... , Abdominal pain ... vein thrombosis, Pulmonary ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
rash • Others: nausea ... , vomiting, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea, ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... infection • Abdominal ... pain - Typhoid, ... • Diarrhea - ... #differential #diagnosis
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cramps: • Muscle pain ... - Headache - Abdominal ... Emotional instability, Confusion ... #causes #stroke
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute Abdominal ... Pain(<72 hours) ... - Differential Diagnostic ... : R/O cardiac, pulmonary ... musculoskeletal causes
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... liver enzymes, diarrhea ... , abdominal pain ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #differential #diagnosis