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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential Diagnosis ... Red Flags: • Fever ... Femoral/Inguinal hernia ... hernia • Rib ... aortic aneurysms
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
aortic aneurysm ... • Peptic ulcer disease ... • Metabolic disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
- Differential Diagnosis ... Ascites, Intra-abdominal ... wall hernia, Obesity ... poisoning, DKA, Fever ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm • Sickle ... bartonella (oroya fever ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #workup
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
Whipple Disease ... ) - Diagnostic Algorithm ... , weight loss, abdominal ... cognitive deficits • Fever ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Viral ... • Thoracic • Abdominal ... • Sickle Cell disease ... #Algorithm #causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... illness: T > 38.50C, abdominal ... Bloody diarrhea, fever ... , abdominal pain ... #workup #diagnosis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- GI tract: abdominal ... Coronary arteries - Fever ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... aortitis, aortic aneurysm ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
and Workup Summary ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... missing things" → fewer ... Rule out celiac disease ... inflammatory bowel disease
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential Diagnosis ... both Hodgkin's disease ... diverticulum, and hiatal hernia ... • Flushing • Fever ... #Differential #Diagnosis