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Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
and Management ... ketoconazole, etomidate) Symptoms ... ) w/ anorexia, abdominal ... Insufficiency: Long-term ... #Management #Endocrinology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Long-standing vs ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
and Management ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... Rifaximin- up to 3 courses ... TinaPhamHang via Emory Gastroenterology ... #Management #gastroenterology
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... accompanied by joint ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Diagnosis Framework ... the following symptoms ... subdural hematoma, lung ... • Associated symptoms ... #diagnosis
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
postpartum): • Initial symptoms ... = nonspecific (nausea ... , vomiting, abdominal ... infiltration) Differential ... Diagnosis: Viral
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Constitutional symptoms ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Diagnosis Framework ... and Management ... Summary Causes ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #Management
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... gastrointestinal symptoms ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... NTM #Infections #differential
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
Clinical Signs/Symptoms ... triad: Bleeding, abdominal ... , and palpable abdominal ... • Should be on differential ... no matter how long