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Stress Dose Steroids - Medical and Surgery Indications
Minor Stress:
 • Inguinal hernia repair
 • Mid febrile
- Medical and Surgery ... Minor Stress: • Inguinal ... hernia repair ... • Mid-moderate nausea ... Indications #Dosing #management
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... intussusception - Inguinal ... hernia - Peritonitis ... #Pediatrics #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... Nephrolithiasis • Femoral/Inguinal ... hernia • Epididymitis ... • Abdominal hernia ... • Abdominal aortic
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
is caused by a ... chest/abd/back pain ... • Cardiac surgery ... #Dissection #diagnosis ... #management #vascular
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential Diagnosis ... Lymphoma • Thoracic aorta ... diverticulum, and hiatal hernia ... breath • Chest pain ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... include chest pain ... rapidly complete the surgery ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... , cough, chest pain ... 16-32%): lupus pernio ... #Management #Signs
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Paraesophageal hernia ... acidosis, and Aortic ... retrosternal chest pain ... Diagnosis: - EGD ... #management #gastroenterology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Reflux • Hiatal hernia ... disease (e.g., aortic ... regurgitation • Severe aortic ... Symptoms: • Chest pain
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
or without back pain ... • Infectious causes ... for brain and/or optic ... - Vasculitis- Heroin ... #management #neurology