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Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Gastroenteritis • Constipation
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... • Irritable bowel ... • Inflammatory bowel ... disease • Constipation ... #Causes #OBGyn
Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diet/Lifestyle
 • Fibre
 • Calories
 • Fluid
 • Exercise
 • Psychosocial
Medications
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Colorectal Disease • Colon ... (Inflammatory Bowel ... #Causes
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
acute abdominal pain ... • Obstipation ... , anorexia • Diffuse ... percussion • Nausea ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... Consider cardiac causes ... genitourinary causes ... Pain: • Constipation ... #Chronic #Causes
Pathogenesis of Select Causes of Constipation in Adults and in Elderly

 • Mechanical (ex. Bowel Obstruction,
Pathogenesis of Select Causes ... of Constipation ... Ability of the colon ... anal canal -> Evacuation ... #pathophysiology
TABLE 2. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sub-classifications
lBS-diarrhoea (IBS-D)
 - >25% loose or watery stools; <25% hard
Irritable bowel ... accompanied by pain ... defaecation IBS-constipation ... of incomplete evacuation ... Subclassifications #Classes
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Uncommon Causes ... bilateral and diffuse ... of other common causes ... - The classic ... pulmonary #edema #causes
Rome IV Criteria for diagnosing Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders (FAPD)
Irritable bowel syndrome
The criteria must be fulfilled
FAPD) Irritable bowel ... resolution of the constipation ... have functional constipation ... periumbilical, midline or diffuse ... following: anorexia, nausea