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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 ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... #Abdominal #Pain
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute ... abdominal pain ... present with either acute ... percussion • Nausea ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... History and Exam Acute ... life-threatening causes ... , LET, lipase, PT
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... and Management Algorithm ... factors: Previous acute ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
Small Bowel Infarction ... is the rarest cause ... of acute abdominal ... pain. ... SmallBowel #Infarction #pathophysiology
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Pediatric Acute ... Abdominal Pain - ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Ketoacidosis • Bowel ... #Causes #Peds #
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Management Caused ... Abdominal pain; ... macrophages from a small bowel ... whipplei test (PAS, PCR ... Disease #diagnosis #algorithm
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... = nonspecific (nausea ... , vomiting, abdominal ... pain, headache, ... Cr, ↓Glucose, ↓PLT
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute ... Abdominal Pain(< ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... #Abdominal #Pain
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 ... disturbance • Bladder, bowel ... - Emergency Causes ... Urodynamic studies (PVR ... differential #diagnosis #causes