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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 ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Peritonitic • Bowel ... Gastroenteritis • Constipation
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:
presents with acute ... present with either acute ... abdominal pain • Obstipation ... , anorexia • Diffuse ... percussion • Nausea
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel ... occult blood - Colonoscopy ... Diarrhea #management #algorithm
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... Ovarian CA Diffuse ... Pain: • Constipation ... • Irritable bowel ... aneurysms • Acute
Occult and Lower Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Occult (Stool + Occult blood and/or iron deficiency
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Angiodysplasia (colon ... Diverticular bleed, • Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
been treated for acute ... Colonoscopy showed ... Causes of colovesical ... , inflammatory bowel ... disease, and bowel
Rome IV Criteria for diagnosing Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders (FAPD)
Irritable bowel syndrome
The criteria must be fulfilled
resolution of the constipation ... have functional constipation ... episodes of intense, acute ... periumbilical, midline or diffuse ... following: anorexia, nausea