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Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... ) - Differential ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Abdominal #Pain
Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Clinical suspicion ... musculoskeletal pain ... volume depletion, abdominal ... pain, hypotension ... ACTH) stimulation test
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Diagnosis and Management ... Algorithm Risk ... factors: Previous acute ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Pain • Hereditary ... by serositis • Acute ... painAbdominal ... incisional hernias: clinical ... #Pain #differential
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Summary Clinical ... Classic triad (flank pain ... Colicky flank pain ... initial test: abdominal ... patients with bone pain
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
(Clinical Dx). ... Behcet disease) Differential ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... pain: Glucocorticoids ... #diagnosis #management
Small Paraumbilical Hernia on POCUS

Very Obese pt with Down syndrome. Acute abdominal pain. Abdominal exam:NAD.

Dr. Mohammed
Paraumbilical Hernia on POCUS ... Obese pt with Down syndrome ... Acute abdominal ... pain. ... #clinical #ultrasound
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... pain, headache, ... malaise) → Acute ... infiltration) Differential
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
fibroinflammatory syndrome ... sensitivity) Clinical ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... pain • Fat-soluble ... Pancreatitis #diagnosis #management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Framework and Management ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... symptoms: - Muscle pain ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... pain Labs: