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Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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- Inguinal hernia ... Pancreatitis - Trauma ... urinary tract infection ... respiratory tract infection ... #Causes #Differential
Cervical Lymphadenopathy - Lymph Node Drainage
Preauricular nodes - Drain scalp, skin
 • Differential diagnosis: Scalp infections,
diagnosis: Scalp infections ... mycobacterial infection ... genitourinary tract, pulmonary ... Malignancies: Abdominal ... cytomegalovirus, dental
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
- Differential ... hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma ... Thyroid disease • Infectious ... Insomnia, HTN, PRES, Pain ... #Status #AMS #Differential
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... ) - Differential ... : R/O cardiac, pulmonary ... Musculoskeletal • Trauma ... #Pain #Differential
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
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Post-operative Pulmonary ... Recent respiratory infection ... Intraoperative • Upper abdominal ... Immobilization • Poor pain ... #RiskFactors #pulmonary
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Wall: • Acute: Trauma ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection ... wall hernia, Obesity
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary ... • Abdominal pain ... Returning #Traveler #differential
Ventral Incisional Abdominal Hernia on Physical Exam

This is an incisional hernia. That means, the patient has
Ventral Incisional ... Abdominal Hernia ... Wound infections ... @herniadoc #Ventral ... #clinical #video
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... dysfunction; toxic ingestions ... Inflammation • Central ... Anxiety, fright, pain ... Tachypnea #Hyperpnea #Differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
intracerebral hemorrhage: trauma ... dissection: unilateral pain ... involving neck/face, trauma ... infection: ear, ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential