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Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... Kaposi sarcoma, Mesenteric ... differential #diagnosis #Causes
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
is the rarest cause ... by the superior mesenteric ... Superior and Inferior mesenteric
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Constipation • Mesenteric
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone/Area Postrema:
 • Drugs:
	- Chemo agents
	-
Causes of Nausea ... Hepatitis • Mesenteric ... Malignancy #nausea ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Ischemic Colitis 
Caused by a global low flow state 
(unlike embolic phenomenon in mesenteric ischemia) 

#Ischemic
Ischemic Colitis Caused ... phenomenon in mesenteric
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
IMV = inferior mesenteric ... although hepatic causes ... namely, the many causes ... many non-hepatic causes ... = Non hepatic causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Abdominal Pain Causes ... Consider cardiac causes ... genitourinary causes ... disease • Chronic mesenteric ... compression syndrome • Mesenteric
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Gossypiboma, Superior mesenteric ... Diagnosis #SBO #bowel #Causes
Renal Nutcracker Syndrome Pathophysiology
Nutcracker syndrome = compression of the left renal vein between the aorta and
proximal superior mesenteric ... Can cause microscopic
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
disruption (i.e. mesenteric ... variety of other causes