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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 ... Pain (<72 hours ... musculoskeletal causes ... Peritonitic • Bowel Obstruction ... Gastroenteritis • Constipation
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
acute abdominal pain ... • Obstipation ... , anorexia • Diffuse ... "light-switch pain ... percussion • Nausea
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... genitourinary causes ... • Intestinal obstruction ... Ovarian CA Diffuse ... Pain: • Constipation