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Causes of Neutrophilia - Increased Neutrophils - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infection
 • Bacterial
 • Abscess
 • Viral
Medications
Causes of Neutrophilia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tissue necrosis • Physical ... Polycythemia vera Acute ... #Causes #Hematology
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Mechanical Obstruction: Physical ... presents with acute ... present with either acute ... percussion • Nausea ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Pediatric Acute ... Abdominal Pain - ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Infantile Colic ... #Causes #Peds #
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... after history, physical ... potentially be an acute ... RUQ: • Biliary colic ... aneurysms • Acute
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
joint pain, swelling ... • Non-specific Acute-phase ... arthralgia (joint pain ... PIP joints • Physical ... RheumatoidArthritis #RA #pathophysiology
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute ... Abdominal Pain(< ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... #Abdominal #Pain
Avascular Necrosis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Physical Trauma (esp. to the scaphoid bone with damage
Clinical Findings • Physical ... ) • Multiple causes ... affected) - Acute ... - Local bone pain ... AvascularNecrosis #pathophysiology