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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Long-standing vs ... Pain: • Pregnancy ... aortic aneurysms ... #Causes #Differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Inoculum 2. ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Presentation:
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Clinical Presentations ... infections can cause ... • Abdominal pain ... 3 days or less - ... #differential #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... patients such as: 1. ... than 50/μL) 2. ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... pain, hepatomegaly
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
pain. ... presentation and ... was placed on 3 ... consider intra-abdominal ... #Lung #Pulmonary