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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Pathophysiology ... fibromyalgia, chronic ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... Constipation • Irritable ... aneurysms • Acute
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Pain > 90% no ... Gastrointestinal • Irritable ... bowel syndrome ... Urinary tract infection ... #Pain #Differential
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Persistent or chronic ... pain and fever ... ) • Chronic watery ... postinfectious irritable ... #diagnosis #differential
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Abdominal Pain(< ... Urinary tract infection ... Ureteric colic • Irritable ... bowel syndrome ... #Abdominal #Pain