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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain Causes - Differential ... RUQ: • Biliary ... portal vein thrombosis ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
on POCUS RUSH ... hypotension, abd pain ... notice this in RUQ ... Diagnosis? ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
to be falsely normal ... 5L dry) - (Decr JVP ... resting HR) • Abdominal ... pain, nausea, vomiting ... dehydration) • Kussmaul
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
of Breathing Normal ... pleuritic chest pain ... Kussmaul breathing ... asthma, chronic ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Pleuritic chest pain ... - Switch to oral ... #differential #causes
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
Appendicitis on RLQ POCUS

Classic story for appendicitis in an adolescent male (<1 day of epigastric pain
Appendicitis on RLQ ... of epigastric pain ... Normal WBC. ... Diagnosis confirmed ... Ultrasound #Clinical #Abdominal
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Fatigue, feeling run-down ... weight • Chest pain ... Most Common Causes ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Pancreatic Duct Stones on Ultrasound
Dilated pancreatic duct with calculi in pancreatic duct. Helpful tip- If pancreatic
Normally hard to ... of pain in chronic ... shown to improve pain ... Stones #Ultrasound #POCUS ... clinical #pancreas #abdominal
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... encephalitis, abscess ... ) - Previous chronic ... meningitis - Previous chronic ... differential #emergency #diagnosis