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Important Causes of RUQ and Midline Abdominal Pain - Illness Scripts
PUD, Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction, Appendicitis,
Pain - Illness ... Biliary colic, Acute ... Cholecystitis, Acute ... Cholangitis, Acute ... #symptoms
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine • MCC- acute ... spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... so-called ‘red flag’ symptoms ... constipation Differential ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
by serositis • Acute ... - May involve symptoms ... painAbdominal ... Positive Carnett's sign ... #Pain #differential
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
without localizing signs ... relapsing fever, acute ... , Lassa fever, acute ... infection • Abdominal ... pain - Typhoid,
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
duodenum Clinical Signs ... /Symptoms: • Classic ... pain, and palpable ... • Should be on differential ... patients with acute
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
weeks incubation Acute ... /symptoms, positive ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... pain, chronic constipation ... Tests - check Acute