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Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Chronic Pelvic Pain ... Chronic pelvic inflammatory ... disease • Dysmenorrhea ... bowel syndrome • Inflammatory ... bowel disease
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Early Rheumatic Disease ... Inflammatory Bowel ... Disease) • Reactive
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Diagnosis Framework Inflammatory ... • Is it inflammatory ... Rheumatologic Disease ... whippleii (Whipple's disease ... burgdorferi (Lyme disease
Proptosis - Differential Diagnosis - Unilateral vs Bilateral
Unilateral:
 • Infections (can become bilateral with cavernous sinus
hemorrhage • Inflammatory ... mucoceles - Inflammatory ... pseudotumor (IgG4 disease ... - Grave's disease ... Fevers • Eye pain
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Acute Abdominal Pain ... • Peptic Ulcer Disease ... Pregnancy • Pelvic Inflammatory ... Disease • Nephrolithiasis ... Pregnancy • Pelvic Inflammatory
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Causes of Abdominal Pain ... - Sickle cell disease ... Hepatitis - Inflammatory ... bowel disease ... #Abdominal #Pain
Causes of Acute Pelvic Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Gynecologic:
• Genitourinary (Infection, Stone)
• Gastrointestinal (Appendicitis, Gastroenteritis, Diverticulitis,
of Acute Pelvic Pain ... • Ovulation pain ... * * • Pelvic inflammatory ... disease • Torsion ... Acute #Pelvic #Pain
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Infectious joint pain ... Autoimmune - See inflammatory ... joint pain Metabolic ... Degenerative Disc Disease
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
Degenerative joint disease ... Disease • Swelling ... nociceptors -> Pain ... painful swelling -> Pain ... down the joint -> Pain
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... to metastatic disease ... Systemic Diseases ... leukemia) • Inflammatory ... back pain: Axial