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Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... ) - Differential ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... Metabolic disease (e.g ... #Pain #Differential
Inverted P Waves:
(A) Ectopic atrial rhythm
(B) Junctional rhythm 

#Inverted #PWaves #cardiology #diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram #differential
PWaves #cardiology #diagnosis ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #differential # ... clinical
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
- Differential ... Diagnostic Schema ... Vasculitides 5% (PAN ... inflammation (e.g ... #Schema #Differential
Diseases Presenting with Pain Out Of Proportion (POOP) - Differential Diagnosis:
 - Orbital Cellulitis 
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Presenting with Pain ... Diagnosis: - Orbital ... - Mesenteric Ischemia ... Angina - Aortic Abdominal ... #Differential
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal ... XRay - Differential ... • infection (e.g ... colitis) • bowel ischemia ... #KUB #Abdominal
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Wave Inversions - Differential ... repolarization Myocardial ischemia ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Chronic mesenteric ischemia ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... #Causes #Differential
Wellens Syndrome on EKG
Associated with a critical stenosis of the proximal LAD, suggestive of impending infarction
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Associated with a critical ... infarction - Present in pain-free ... #ecg #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram ... #diagnosis
Wellen's Syndrome 
Type A - Biphasic T wave 
Type B - Deeply inverted T wave
specific for a critical ... artery • May be pain ... Types #Cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
- Ischemia MI ... -4 can have no pain ... #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... Interpretation #differential