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Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Obstruction - Differential ... Extrinsic to the Intestinal ... • Congenital: Intestinal ... #Obstruction #Differential
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Anal Atresia • Intestinal ... Stenosis • Intestinal ... #Constipation #Differential
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Constipation - Differential ... Anus • Anal • Intestinal ... Stenosis • Intestinal ... Constipation #Pediatric #Differential
Causes of hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Increased losses: enhanced urinary phosphate excretion
 • Decreased input:
hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Decreased input: intestinal ... hypophosphatemia #Causes #Differential
Causes of acute intestinal obstruction:
-Adhesive disease
-Neoplasm 
-Herniation
-IBD
-Volvulus 
-Other

#Clinical #IntestinalObstruction #Differential #Surgery #Gastroenterology
Causes of acute intestinal ... IntestinalObstruction #Differential
Hypercalcemia of Malignancy - Pathophysiology
PTH-mediated
 • Parathyroid cancer
 • Ectopic production: Small cell lung cancer, ovarian
Increased renal and intestinal ... Pathophysiology #Differential
Causes of Increased Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)
Increased serum amylase is not always due to pancreatitis. Here are some
SOD • Gl Tract: Intestinal ... elevation #diagnosis #differential
Oxalate & Secondary Hyperoxaluria
(1) High-oxalate diet (eg spinach, rhubarb)
(2) Fat malabsorption (IBD, s/p RYGB)
(3) Alterations in
Alterations in intestinal ... Genetic variants of intestinal ... Hyperoxaluria #causes #differential
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
 -
appendicitis - Intestinal ... Pediatrics #Causes #Differential
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
Cryptosporidiosis, chronic intestinal ... Isosporiasis, chronic intestinal ... Diagnosis #List #Differential