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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
• Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Femoral/Inguinal hernia ... wall painAbdominal ... hernia • Rib ... aortic aneurysms
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... aortic aneurysm ... • Peptic ulcer disease ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Pain #Differential
Diseases Presenting with Pain Out Of Proportion (POOP) - Differential Diagnosis:
 - Orbital Cellulitis 
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Diseases Presenting ... with Pain Out Of ... Compartmental Syndrome ... Angina - Aortic Abdominal ... Aneurysm - Acute
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Treatment Algorithm

IBS-Constipation:
 • Constipation: Osmotic laxatives
 • Abdominal pain: Antispasmodics

IBS-Diarrhea:
 • Diarrhea:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... IBS) Treatment Algorithm ... laxatives • Abdominal ... pain: Antispasmodics ... IBS #Treatment #Management
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Peripheral Vascular Disease ... Peripheral/Mycotic Aneurysm ... Marfan's Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Depression/anxiety • Abdominal ... pelvic inflammatory disease ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Inflammatory bowel disease
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
• Fever • Abdominal ... pain • Diarrhea ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Management ... Antibiotics for severe disease
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Diagnosis and Management ... Algorithm Risk ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain ... #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... coronary artery aneurysms ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... pain: Glucocorticoids ... #diagnosis #management
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- GI tract: abdominal ... pain • Kawasaki ... Thrombosis and arterial aneurysms ... aortitis, aortic aneurysm ... Supply gut -> abdominal