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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... • Abdominal aortic ... aneurysms • Acute ... #Chronic #Causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... disorders: - Aortic ... regurgitation - Aortic ... disorders - Chronic ... : • Acute Coronary
Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Adenomyomatosis - May cause ... gallbladder cancer Acute ... fever, Murphy sign ... Chronic cholecystitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Differentiate Acute ... life-threatening causes ... such as MI or aortic ... Pericarditis #Symptoms #Signs ... comparison #Table #Diagnosis
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Chronic Hypertensive ... vasoconstrictive • Acute ... and chronic vasospasm ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
- Differential Diagnosis ... Chronic: - ... pituitary tumor) Acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #ophthalmology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Post-infectious GN - Loin pain ... syndrome: • Flank pain ... hematuria • Signs ... renal vein between aorta ... #causes #urology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework ... Limb ischemia • Aortic ... Immobilization) • Acute ... refill - Poor pulses ... #differential #diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... narrow proportional pulse ... pressure (pulse ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... (Sens. 81% for acute
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
without aura - Chronic ... meningeal irritation signs ... headache: - Acute ... #ophthalmology ... #Neurology