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Causes of Small Bowel Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
Common Causes:
 • Under age 40 years: Inflammatory Bowel
Bowel Bleeding - Differential ... Diagnosis Common ... Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... Neoplasia, NSAID ulcers ... Kaposi's sarcoma with AIDS
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
(<72 hours) - Differential ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... ischemia • Peptic ulcer ... disease (e.g., ... Irritable bowel syndrome
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential ... Chronic pulmonary diseases ... coronary heart disease ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Blunt Abdominal
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Pneumonia • ARDS
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... recurrent oral ulcers ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... #diagnosis #management
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
Cytomegalovirus disease ... simplex: chronic ulcer ... brain - Wasting syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis ... #List #Differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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livedo reticularis, ulcers ... - GI tract: abdominal ... genital aphthous ulcers ... bruis, or blood pressure ... Vessel: Blood pressure
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Blurry Vision - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Approach to Eye Disease ... Laceration • Ulcer ... • Sjögren’s syndrome
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... bruits, or blood pressure ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... gut involvement, abdominal
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Irritable bowel syndrome ... Constipation • Non-ulcer ... Inflammatory bowel disease ... #Pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pediatrics