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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... abdominal pain ... Abdominal Pain ... Chronic abdominal ... wall painAbdominal
Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal ... pain-? ... Diverticular abscess ... Peritonitis #SBP #Abdominal ... Pneumoperitoneum #Complex #Ascites
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
, hypotension, abd ... pain. ... notice this in RUQ ... Diagnosis? ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... Pericarditis, CAD ... dysfunction, Goiter Abdominal ... , Intra-abdominal ... , Abdominal wall
Chronic Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Constant / Chronic-Fleeting / Post-Prandial
Upper Quadrant:
 • Peptic ulcer disease
Chronic Abdominal ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... splenomegaly, abscess ... location/diffuse: • Ascites ... #Abdominal #Pain
Pelvic Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS
Fever, low BP with lower abd pain x 8 days-worsening. WBC-28.9K. Pelvis
BP with lower abd ... pain x 8 days-worsening ... Diagnosis? ... appendicitis with intra-abdominal ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
presents with abd ... pain + distention ... care center for diagnostic ... #ultrasound #abdominal ... #abscess
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
identify non-calculus causes ... of flank or abdominal ... pain: diagnoses ... for non-calculus causes ... with surgical access
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
retro-orbital pain ... Intense abdominal ... pain or tenderness ... accumulation (ascites ... classification #diagnosis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal