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Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... of Abdominal Pain ... abdominal pain ... #Pain #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Abdominal Pain ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Abdominal #Pain ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pediatrics #Causes
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... (ACS) Definitions ... thrombus formation causes ... is reflected by ECG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
- Differential Diagnosis ... by Classification ... draw • Severe pain ... Subclavian steal syndrome ... #Table #Causes
Intraabdominal hypertension is defined as elevated pressure without overt organ failure (table below).  Among critically
organ failure (table ... more common than abdominal ... #Diagnosis #Intraabdominal ... #IAH #Grades #Classification ... #Syndrome
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
is desirable, e.g ... stone clearance/recurrence ... obstruction - Able ... of flank or abdominal ... pain: diagnoses
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Management Summary Causes ... Herpes, Coxsackie, etc ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... pain Labs:
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
Syndrome (ACS): ... ) - Recurrent (development ... of ACS after previous ... urinary catheter (e.g ... #Instructions #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... hypoxemia/Sepsis etc ... laboratory or diagnostic ... - Compartment syndrome ... #typeb #classification
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... : - Recurrent ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... #rheumatology #classification