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Acute Abdominal Pain - Location Based Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Rule out surgical abdomen: pt lying still, rigid/hard
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Rule out surgical abdomen ... still, rigid/hard abdomen ... cecum in the LUQ, appendicitis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic ... approach to acute abdomen ... Differential A - Abdominal ... uterus) A - Appendicitis ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Ultrasound
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Bloating - Treatment Algorithm ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic ... Distension #Bloating #Management ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Transverse Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block

CT confirmed appendicitis gets a TAP block by the ED for multimodal
Transverse Abdominis ... CT confirmed appendicitis ... multimodal pain management ... #Transverse #Abdominis ... #POCUS #Ultrasound
Appendicitis on RLQ POCUS

Classic story for appendicitis in an adolescent male (<1 day of epigastric pain
Appendicitis on ... Classic story for appendicitis ... tender part of abdomen ... #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Clinical #Abdominal
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
the patient's elbow ... the patient's elbow ... quadrant of the abdomen ... normally, local abdominal ... the rostrocaudal location
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute Abdominal ... Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... Look for surgical abdomen ... Peritoneal - Bowel • Appendicitis ... Localized #Acute #Abdominal
GRACE-2 Guidelines for Low-Risk, Recurrent Abdominal Pain in the ED

1) Should adult ED patients with low-risk,
Low-Risk, Recurrent Abdominal ... receive a repeat CT abdomen-pelvis ... ultrasound? ... against routine ultrasound ... Emergency #diagnosis #management