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Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... Henoch—Schönlein purpura ... the testis - Hip ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Diagnosis of IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura) - French Vasculitis Study Group 

1) Suggestive clinical manifestations
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura ... - Symmetric palpable ... purpura mainly ... #Rheumatology #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Viral replication causes ... endothelial cells - Palpable ... or necrotic purpura ... PolyarteritisNodosa #Pathophysiology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
protein C and S Pathophysiology ... organ damage Clinical ... Petechiae • Purpura ... • Palpable variants ... Hemorrhagic bullae • Purpura
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Passive neck flexion causes ... While the pathophysiology ... Sign #Meningitis #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam #Pediatrics ... #Peds
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
Henoch Scholein Purpura ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... periumbilical region), nausea ... and ankles) #HSP ... HenochScholeinPurpura #Pathophysiology