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Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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of Abdominal Pain ... - Inflammatory bowel ... abdominal pain ... #Pain #Pediatrics ... #Causes #Differential
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Abdominal Pain ... Urinary tract infection ... #Abdominal #Pain ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Pediatrics
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute ... abdominal pain ... ileus) • Abdomen is ... percussion • Nausea ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... • Recurrent: ... aneurysms • Acute ... #Causes #Differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... Genitourinary Infection ... Rheumatic Fever Acute ... #Inflammatory #JointPain ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Pediatric Acute ... Abdominal Pain - ... Ketoacidosis • Bowel ... Urinary Tract Infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... Pathophysiology ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
infarction in general is ... the rarest cause ... of acute abdominal ... pain. ... SmallBowel #Infarction #pathophysiology
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent ... by serositis • Acute ... #Abdominal #Pain ... #differential #
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute ... Abdominal Pain(< ... 72 hours) - Differential ... Urinary tract infection ... #Abdominal #Pain