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

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
 -
Pediatric Causes ... intussusception - Inguinal ... hernia - Peritonitis ... Pain #Pediatrics #Causes ... #Differential #
Differences between direct, indirect, and femoral hernia 

#Differential; #Surgery; #Hernia; #InguinalHernia

Image Source:De Virgilio, C., Grigorian, A.,
indirect, and femoral hernia ... #Differential ... ; #Surgery; #Hernia ... Surgery: A case
Causes of Peptic Ulcer Disease
 • H. Pylori
 • NSAIDs
 • Gastric adenocarcinoma
 • Gastric lymphoma
Causes of Peptic ... neck of a hiatus hernia ... previous gastric surgery ... Ulcer #Disease #Causes ... #differential #
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential ... Nephrolithiasis • Femoral/Inguinal ... hernia • Epididymitis ... • Abdominal hernia ... #Differential #
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
precipitated by medications ... musculoskeletal symptoms • Hernias ... - Past surgery ... to incisional hernias ... Abdominal #Pain #differential
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Previous gastric surgery ... Medications 7. ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... Reflux • Hiatal hernia ... • Bradycardia caused ... PALPITATIONS: Medications ... Palpitations #Cardiology #Differential