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Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Hepatitis - Inflammatory ... bowel disease ... #Pain #Pediatrics ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infectious: ... Laxative Abuse • Inflammatory ... #Causes #Peds # ... Pediatrics
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Pain - Differential ... Genitourinary Infection ... Inflammatory Bowel ... Sicca) Syndrome ... Inflammatory Bowel
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Abdominal Pain - ... Ketoacidosis • Bowel ... Urinary Tract Infection ... #Causes #Peds # ... Pediatrics
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Pathophysiology ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain ... #Syndrome #Pathophysiology
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Pain > 90% no ... syndrome • Constipation ... Urinary tract infection ... #Pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pediatrics
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Abdominal Pain(< ... Urinary tract infection ... syndrome • Psoas ... torsion • Pelvic inflammatory ... #Abdominal #Pain
Abdominal Distention - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Ascites
Bowel Dilatation
Other Causes
Mechanical Obstruction
 • Adhesions 60%
 • Volvulus 3%
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Ascites Bowel ... Pseudo-obstruction Acute ... Intestinal Ogilvie's Syndrome ... Megacolon • Inflammatory ... • Infectious