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Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... : R/O cardiac, pulmonary ... , renal, musculoskeletal ... Obstruction • Viscus Perforation ... #Pain #Differential
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Disorders: • Infection ... tuberculosis, fungal infections ... : • Lung cancer ... Nausea/vomiting • Abdominal ... pain • Back pain
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
causes: TB, fungal infection ... ) w/ anorexia, abdominal ... pain w/ N/V (60 ... , Muscle/joint pain ... Insufficiency: Long-term
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Framework Pre-Renal ... Hypercalcemia, Renal ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... : Medication, Infection
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Auto-immune attack on hair ... , Sclera may perforate ... friction rub audible Lungs ... cause interstitial lung ... disease/pulmonary
Adrenal Crisis
Do not confuse acute adrenal crisis with Addison disease. In 1855, Thomas Addison described a
Adrenal Crisis ... a syndrome of long-term ... with vomiting, abdominal ... pain, and hypovolemic ... hydrocortisonr #ACTH #AI
Pneumoperitoneum via Perforated Duodenal Ulcer- Free Air on Abdominal POCUS

Young patient with diffuse abdominal pain...don't let
Pneumoperitoneum via Perforated ... Duodenal Ulcer- Free Air ... pain...don't let ... intraperitoneal air ... get fooled by lung
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... pain, hepatomegaly ... infiltrates NTM Pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... weight • Chest pain ... thickening, presence of air-fluid ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... arthralgias, CV, renal ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... #Diseases #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #comparison