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Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... obstruction including intussusception ... - Inflammatory bowel ... Pain #Pediatrics #Causes
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes ... Pyloric Stenosis • Intussusception ... • Small/Large Bowel ... Obstruction • Intussusception ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Intestinal Ascariasis on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Ultrasound of tubular structure with echogenic walls in dilated
dilated small bowel ... of worms in the bowel ... can lead to bowel ... obstruction (as in this case ... ) or intussusception
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Miscellaneous: Intussusception ... perforate the bowel ... Diagnosis #SBO #bowel ... #Causes #gastroenterology
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Migratory: • Intussusception ... Ketoacidosis • Bowel ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Ulcerative Colitis vs Crohn's Disease - IBD Comparison Table
Ulcerative Collitis
 - Location
IBD Comparison Table ... around the large bowel ... ileum • Most cases ... 80%) have small bowel ... IBD #Comparison #Table
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
of most small-bowel ... presence of small bowel ... duplication cysts, intussusception ... and inflammatory bowel ... gastroenterology #table
Intussusception Operative Reduction
Peutz-Jeghers 17yo patient with multiple recurrent intussusception caused by large polyps at proximal small
Intussusception ... multiple recurrent intussusception ... caused by large ... proximal small bowel ... andreluzmoreira #Intussusception
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
Small and Large Bowel ... Inflammatory bowel ... Hernias Ischemic bowel ... #Small #Large #Bowel ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Causes of Pediatric ... • Inflammatory Bowel ... Overfeeding • Short Bowel ... • Irritable Bowel ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes