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Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... - Sickle cell disease ... Inflammatory bowel disease ... pneumonia - Torsion ... Pain #Pediatrics #Causes
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Pediatric Acute Abdominal ... • Peptic Ulcer Disease ... Cyst • Ovarian Torsion ... Cyst • Ovarian Torsion ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
episodes usually cause ... expression of emotion ... laughter and crying; Diseases ... Sclerosis (ALS) (*main cause ... ), Alzheimer's Disease
Mucous Membrane Disorder - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erosions/Ulcers/Blisters
 - Primary Dermatologic Diseases
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Diagnosis Algorithm Erosions ... Primary Dermatologic Diseases ... Inflammatory bowel disease ... more than Crohn's disease ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Consider cardiac causes ... genitourinary causes ... Cardiopulmonary disease ... Pain #Chronic #Causes
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

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Differential A - Abdominal ... Men: testicular torsion ... Women: ovarian torsion ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Ultrasound
Causes of Acute Pelvic Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Gynecologic:
• Genitourinary (Infection, Stone)
• Gastrointestinal (Appendicitis, Gastroenteritis, Diverticulitis,
Causes of Acute ... abscess** • Torsion ... Pelvic inflammatory disease ... • Torsion • ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Etiology of Splenic Infarction:
 • Hypercoagulability: Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Malignancy
 • Embolic disease: Atrial
Malignancy • Embolic disease ... Lymphoma, Gaucher disease ... Hemoglobinopathy: Sickle cell disease ... compression • Splenic Torsion ... differential #diagnosis #causes
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 ... • Peptic ulcer disease ... • Metabolic disease
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Renal ultrasound ... of renal disease ... • Renovascular disease ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal