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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Consider tumor • Upper ... Femoral/Inguinal hernia ... • Irritable bowel ... • Abdominal hernia ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... - Inguinal hernia ... - Inflammatory bowel ... Extra-abdominal: - Upper ... #Pediatrics #Causes
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Acute Abdominal Pain ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... • Incarcerated hernia ... Acute #Abdominal #Pain
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... injury - Loss of bowel ... continence • Pain ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... Symptoms: • Upper
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
alterations, and bowel ... or without back pain ... - Autonomic: Bowel ... • Infectious causes ... - Vasculitis- Heroin
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
bolus to the small bowel ... bloating, abd pain ... after RYGB • Disorder ... Gastric bypass causes ... gastric #bypass #gastroenterology
Rome IV Criteria for diagnosing Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders (FAPD)
Irritable bowel syndrome
The criteria must be fulfilled
Disorders (FAPD ... ) Irritable bowel ... following: anorexia, nausea ... AbdominalPain #Disorders ... #gastroenterology