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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics ... Bloating #Management #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Treatment
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Mesenteric Ischemia ... Schema Chronic: ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... hypovolemia), Meds/Treatments ... #Diagnosis #algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Compartment Syndrome ... Other • ATN: Ischemia ... #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... Depression/anxiety • Abdominal ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... trigger points) • Injury ... #Algorithm #Causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Diagnosis Framework ... did not yield a diagnosis ... mesenteric ischemia ... • Mesenteric ischemia
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... , Electrical injury ... decreased renal renal ischemia ... Management #Summary #causes ... #treatment
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
- Differential Diagnostic ... Algorithm Look ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and Differential Diagnosis ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome ... Infectious colitis, UC/Chrons ... #differential #diagnosis ... #Causes #algorithm
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Algorithm DILI ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... for alternative causes ... disease, Hepatic ischaemia ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm