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Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pain Surgical ... - Inguinal hernia ... Pancreatitis - Trauma ... pain of childhood ... #Causes #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
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... wall painAbdominal ... hernia • Rib ... #Causes #Differential
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Nausea/vomiting, Abdominal ... pain, Anorexia ... vein thrombosis, Pulmonary ... ischemia, Acute cor pulmonale ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
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 ... Pleural effusion, Pulmonary ... wall hernia, Obesity
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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yrs - Cranial symptoms ... nodules, livedo - Abdominal ... pain (men) - ... sinusitis - pulmonary ... Coronaries #Arteritis #Differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
intracerebral hemorrhage: trauma ... shoulder girdle symptoms ... dissection: unilateral pain ... neurologic signs/symptoms ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... 10,000 ft) • Symptoms ... - Presence of central ... crackles, chest pain ... edema #causes #differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
other forms of trauma ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... ) Anterior (Ventral ... herniation - Trauma ... syndromes #lesions #differential
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Presentation: Systemic Symptoms ... pain • HTN • ... • Progressive symptoms ... gut involvement, abdominal ... pain and GN Anti-GBM