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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... potentially be an acute ... • Fever • Anorexia ... aneurysms • Acute ... #gastroenterology
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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: - Acute appendicitis ... infection • acute ... - Sickle cell disease ... Inflammatory bowel disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
of Sickle Cell Disease ... hepatic crisis: • Fever ... cholestasis: • Fever ... #SickleCell #Disease ... #differential #diagnosis
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 Diagnostic ... • Peptic ulcer disease ... #Abdominal #Pain
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic ... , weight loss, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea ... cognitive deficits • Fever ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Diseases Presenting with Pain Out Of Proportion (POOP) - Differential Diagnosis:
 - Orbital Cellulitis 
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Diseases Presenting ... with Pain Out Of ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Angina - Aortic Abdominal ... Aneurysm - Acute
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
- Differential Diagnosis ... dysfunction, Goiter Abdominal ... , Intra-abdominal ... poisoning, DKA, Fever ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Thoracic • Abdominal ... • Sickle Cell disease ... #Fever #Acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Clinical • Fever ... • Abdominal ... pain • Diarrhea ... Antibiotics for severe disease ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis
Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Diseases of the ... gallbladder cancer Acute ... nausea, vomiting, fever ... , jaundice, fever ... #differential #diagnosis