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Important Causes of RUQ and Midline Abdominal Pain - Illness Scripts
PUD, Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction, Appendicitis,
Important Causes ... RUQ and Midline Abdominal ... Gastroenteritis, Small bowel ... obstruction, Appendicitis ... #RUQ #Midline #AbdominalPain
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Abdominal Pain - ... Ketoacidosis • Bowel ... Quadrant: • Appendicitis ... #AbdominalPain ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
 -
Pediatric Causes ... Surgical: - Acute ... appendicitis ... - Inflammatory bowel ... Pain #Pediatrics #Causes
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute ... abdominal pain ... present with either acute ... • Flat/low JVP ... percussion • Nausea
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic ... Differential A - Abdominal ... uterus) A - Appendicitis ... D - Distended bowel ... Differential #Diagnosis #POCUS
Acute Appendicitis on POCUS

The @RutgersEM residents don't always visualize the appendix. But when they do, the
Acute Appendicitis ... on POCUS The ... of acute appendicitis ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute ... Abdominal Pain(< ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... • Appendicitis
Rome IV Criteria for diagnosing Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders (FAPD)
Irritable bowel syndrome
The criteria must be fulfilled
FAPD) Irritable bowel ... not irritable bowel ... episodes of intense, acute ... following: anorexia, nausea ... Criteria #Functional #AbdominalPain