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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain Causes - Differential ... Chronic abdominal ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Inflammatory: • IBD ... effect following treatment ... of ITP • Rebound
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... • Rome IV Criteria ... - Recurrent abdominal ... Treatment: • Global ... #treatment
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Chronic Pancreatitis ... is in question ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... #management #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
outlet obstruction, chronic ... Abdominal or flank ... consider KUB or abdominal ... ultrasound as initial ... data • Early treatment
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis ... approach to the differential ... correction of chronic ... through a peripheral IV ... #Diagnosis #Treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... residual lesion or is ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Spore ingestion → colonic ... Bezlotoxumab 10 mg/kg IV ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
pathergy test (this is ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Recurrent and chronic ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
Pseudobladder of large Ovarian Cyst in Torsion on POCUS - Sagittal View

Young female with sudden pelvic
Additional images/videos ... Diagnosis/differential ... Is the urinary bladder ... or female with abdominal ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound