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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential Diagnosis ... potentially be an acute ... Red Flags: • Fever ... aneurysms • Acute ... #gastroenterology
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... - Differential Diagnostic ... Peritonitic • Bowel ... • Irritable bowel ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Small Intestinal Bowel ... • Irritable Bowel ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics ... Bloating #Management #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Treatment #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Pathophysiology, Diagnosis ... factors: Previous acute ... inflammation, Abdominal ... Management #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Important Causes of RUQ and Midline Abdominal Pain - Illness Scripts
PUD, Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction, Appendicitis,
RUQ and Midline Abdominal ... Gastroenteritis, Small bowel ... Biliary colic, Acute ... Cholangitis, Acute ... #differential #diagnosis
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Surgical: - Acute ... infection • acute ... - Inflammatory bowel ... poisoning - Acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Diagnostic criteria for Neutropenic Enterocolitis (NEC)
Major Criteria:
 • Neutropenia (ANC <500 x 10^9 cells/L)
 • Bowel
Diagnostic criteria ... 9 cells/L) • Bowel ... 30mm length) • Fever ... Criteria: • Abdominal ... Enterocolitis #Diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... missing things" → fewer ... TinaPhamHang via Emory Gastroenterology ... #workup #gastroenterology
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Onset Fever - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Thoracic • Abdominal ... #Fever #Acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
Small Bowel Infarction ... rarest cause of acute ... abdominal pain. ... Bowel infarction ... pathophysiology #diagnosis