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Important Causes of RUQ and Midline Abdominal Pain - Illness Scripts
PUD, Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction, Appendicitis,
RUQ and Midline Abdominal ... Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction ... Appendicitis, Pancreatitis ... Biliary colic, Acute ... #RUQ #Midline #AbdominalPain
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Pediatric Acute ... Abdominal Pain - ... Ketoacidosis • Bowel Obstruction ... Ulcer Disease • Pancreatitis ... #AbdominalPain
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Hepatitis • Acute ... Pancreatitis Upper ... Gastric/Duodenal Obstruction ... • Pyloric Stenosis ... Small/Large Bowel Obstruction
Indications for ERCP
1. Biliary Tract Diseases:
 • Biliary obstruction: Choledocholithiasis, Malignant biliary strictures, Benign biliary strictures
Diseases: • Biliary obstruction ... biopsy, Recurrent acute ... candidate to relieve obstruction ... , Papillary stenosis ... #Indications #management
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
recurrent acute ... • R (Recurrent acute ... ) • O (Obstructive ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... #diagnosis #management
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... Gastritis: H. pylori ... NSAIDs • Chronic pancreatitis ... • Intestinal obstruction ... aneurysms • Acute
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... • Epigastric abdominal ... Other: Jaundice (obstruction ... of pancreatitis ... #Acute #Diagnosis
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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Acute Iron Poisoning ... mucosal injury - Abdominal ... necrosis Bowel Obstruction ... luminal scarring and stenosis ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Symptoms: cough, abdominal ... regurgitation or stenosis ... (Sens. 81% for acute ... identificaton of obstructive ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management