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ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

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- Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... #ABDOMEN #Differential ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Diseases Presenting with Pain Out Of Proportion (POOP) - Differential Diagnosis:
 - Orbital Cellulitis 
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Proportion (POOP) - Differential ... Angina - Aortic Abdominal ... Aneurysm - Acute ... Diseases #Diagnosis #Differential
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... (<72 hours) - Differential ... aortic aneurysm ... syndrome #Diffuse #Acute ... #Differential #
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Diagnosis Acute ... Takayasu Arteritis, Behcet ... Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms ... Regurgitation #Differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... aortic aneurysms ... • Acute intermittent ... Chronic #Causes #Differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
coronary artery aneurysms ... disease) Differential ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... azathioprine #Behcet ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Joint guidance from BSGAR and BSTImaging on imaging of the acute surgical abdomen in the current
imaging of the acute ... current setting of COVID ... Gastrointestinal and Abdominal ... Radiology #Surgery #Acute ... #Management
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Knee Effusions - Differential ... arthritis - SLE - Behcet ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute ... Benign Tumors: - Aneurysmal ... Effusions #causes #differential
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... headache, malaise) → Acute ... infiltration) Differential ... obgyn #diagnosis #management
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- GI tract: abdominal ... VASCULITIS: • Behçet ... Thrombosis and arterial aneurysms ... aortitis, aortic aneurysm ... Supply gut -> abdominal