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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... • Fever • Anorexia ... Femoral/Inguinal hernia ... hernia • Rib ... aortic aneurysms
Differential Diagnosis of First Trimester Abdominal Pain #Diagnosis #OBGyn #Trimester #First #FirstTrimester #Abdominal #Pain #Pregnancy #Workup
Differential Diagnosis ... Pain #Diagnosis ... #Pain #Pregnancy ... #Workup #Differential ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... aortic aneurysm ... #Pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... pain, bloody diarrhea ... Bloody diarrhea, fever ... , abdominal pain ... #workup #diagnosis
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
FUO) - Further Workup ... Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... Clinical findings of PAN ... UnknownOrigin #workup ... #diagnosis
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Mediterranean Fever ... painAbdominal ... musculoskeletal symptoms • Hernias ... to incisional hernias ... #diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
) - Diagnostic Algorithm ... , weight loss, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea ... cognitive deficits • Fever ... Whipple #Disease #diagnosis
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential Diagnosis ... diverticulum, and hiatal hernia ... breath • Chest pain ... • Flushing • Fever ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Algorithm Pinpoint ... Red Flags: • Fever ... lesions • Severe pain ... deficiency Work ... Skin biopsy • Abdominal
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