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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Consider tumor • Upper ... AMI • PUD • Gastric ... mesenteric ischemia • GI ... #Causes #Differential
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
gastrointestinal (GI ... associated with mild gastric ... painAbdominal ... incisional hernias: clinical ... #Pain #differential
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
restored to esophagus Clinical ... patients present with upper ... melena - Other GI ... retrosternal chest pain ... retrosternal or back pain
Chronic Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Constant / Chronic-Fleeting / Post-Prandial
Upper Quadrant:
 • Peptic ulcer disease
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain - Differential ... Post-Prandial Upper ... Pancreatic tumor • Gastric ... #Pain #Differential
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
Lymph nodes in upper ... Alcohol-induced pain ... : Pain in involved ... translocation • Types: Classification ... Extranodal disease: GI
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... bleeding out (trauma, GI ... RP bleed) • Hypovolemic ... : GI (vomiting/diarrhea ... #criticalcare #differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... bleeding out (trauma, GI ... RP bleed) • Hypovolemic ... : GI (vomiting/diarrhea ... #criticalcare #differential
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... syndrome: • Flank pain ... Ureter/Bladder (Upper ... Pseudohematuria: • GI ... bleed • Menstruation
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
the duodenum Clinical ... triad: Bleeding, abdominal ... pain, and palpable ... abdominal mass ... • Should be on differential
Blood Filled Stomach in Upper GI Bleed on POCUS

With hypotension and an UGIB, it always helps
Filled Stomach in Upper ... GI Bleed on POCUS ... ultrasound_vcu #Blood #gastric ... Stomach #UGIBleed #clinical