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Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Peritonitic • Bowel Obstruction ... aortic aneurysm
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
department - Mnemonic and ... Differential A - Abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... bowel loop O - Obstructive ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Ultrasound
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... • Obstructive ... Hyperthyroidism • Aortic
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... pain have had prior ... history, physical and ... • Intestinal obstruction ... aortic aneurysms
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... identify non-calculus causes ... of flank or abdominal ... for non-calculus causes ... scan) when an ultrasound
Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pre-Hepatic - Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased Production
 • Hemolysis
 • Ineffective Erythropoiesis
 • Hematoma
Decreased
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Crigler-Najjar Syndromes (l and ... Dilatation on Ultrasound ... Pancreatitis Intraductal Obstruction ... #Causes #Hepatology
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... infarction • Aortic ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Causes of Hypertension ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Mechanical • Aortic ... coarctation • Obstructive ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... obstruction excluded ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm
Varicocele: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Primary:
 - Anatomically: the left spermatic vein drains into the left renal
pinched by the abdominal ... aorta and superior ... retroperitoneal masses ... spermatic vein - Obstruction ... pathology causing obstruction