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Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis ... Psychogenic #Emesis
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
, and Yersinia enterocolitica ... and fever - Y. enterocolitica ... short-incubation emetic ... long incubation emetic
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
 •
Plague • Yersinia enterocolitica ... - Enterocolitis
Causes of regurgitation/vomiting in children

#Vomiting #Emesis #Differential #Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Causes
#Vomiting #Emesis
Diagnostic criteria for Neutropenic Enterocolitis (NEC)
Major Criteria:
 • Neutropenia (ANC <500 x 10^9 cells/L)
 • Bowel
for Neutropenic Enterocolitis ... #Neutropenic #Enterocolitis
SIGNS OF CHOLINERGIC CRISIS: DUMBELLS
-Diarrhea
-Urination
-Miosis
-Bradycardia
-Bronchospasm
-Emesis
-Lacrimation
-Lethargy
-Salivation

#Diagnosis #Toxicology #Muscarinic #Cholinergic #Toxidrome #Poisoning #DUMBELLS #DUMBBELLS #Mnemonic
-Bronchospasm -Emesis
Pathogens Causing Bloody Diarrhea = SEECSY Mnemonic

SEECSY= Bloody diarrhea doesn’t sounds SEXY 
S = Salmonella
E =
Y = Yersinia Enterocolitica
Gastrointestinal Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia
 • Mass lesions: Carcinoma, Large polyps
 • Inflammatory: Reflux esophagitis,
Ascariasis, Tuberculous enterocolitis
Coffee Ground Emesis: Appearance of vomitus that occurs with acute upper intestinal bleeding.
Photo Credit: John Rossettie,
Coffee Ground Emesis ... #CoffeeGround #Emesis
How can we break down the differential diagnosis of bilious emesis in infants by age?

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diagnosis of bilious emesis