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Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... musculoskeletal causes ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... #Acute #Abdominal
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... Ovarian CA Diffuse ... aneurysms • Acute ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Other • ATN: Ischemia ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
for alternative causes ... disease, Hepatic ischaemia ... dechallenge • Acute ... disorder (e.g. ascites ... #hepatology
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Stroke • Renal: Acute ... kidney injury, ... /vomiting, Abdominal ... pain, Anorexia ... shock, Myocardial ischemia
Abdominal Distention - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Ascites
Bowel Dilatation
Other Causes
Mechanical Obstruction
 • Adhesions 60%
 • Volvulus 3%
 •
Ascites Bowel ... Dilatation Other Causes ... Pseudo-obstruction Acute ... Infectious • Ischemic ... Sclerosis, Spinal Injury
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... , vomiting, abdominal ... pain, headache, ... develops (DIC, ascites ... Liver #Pregnancy #hepatology
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
to parenchymal injury ... stress. 60% of CP cases ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... pain • Fat-soluble ... diagnosis #management #gastroenterology
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
>20) - Obtain abdominal ... exclude other causes ... blood, urine and ascites ... kidney injury with ... #hepatology
Rome IV Criteria for diagnosing Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders (FAPD)
Irritable bowel syndrome
The criteria must be fulfilled
episodes of intense, acute ... periumbilical, midline or diffuse ... abdominal pain ... following: anorexia, nausea ... AbdominalPain #Disorders #gastroenterology