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Upper Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Hematemesis/Melena
 - Blood in vomitus?/black, tarry stools
 - If
Disease (55%): - Gastric ... Anti-Inflammatory Drugs - Stress ... Hypertension (15%): • Gastro-esophageal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone/Area Postrema:
 • Drugs:
	- Chemo agents
	-
Causes of Nausea ... Emotional response • Stress ... Gastroparesis • Gastric ... Malignancy #nausea ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Peptic Ulcer Disease
 • H. Pylori
 • NSAIDs
 • Gastric adenocarcinoma
 • Gastric lymphoma
Causes of Peptic ... Pylori • NSAIDs • Gastric ... adenocarcinoma • Gastric ... systemic illness stress ... Ulcer #Disease #Causes
Pneumoperitoneum on POCUS

Elderly M with hypotension, abdominal pain and respiratory distress! Let's scan the abdomen first!!!
with hypotension, abdominal ... and respiratory distress ... Pneumoperitoneum #FreeAir #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #FreeFluid
Functional Dyspepsia - Signs, Symptoms and Pathophysiology
Delayed gastric emptying - Postprandial fullness, nausea, vomiting
Hypersensitivity to gastric
Pathophysiology Delayed gastric ... Hypersensitivity to gastric ... hypersensitivity - Nausea ... hypersensitivity - Nausea ... postprandial fullness, abdominal
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Consider cardiac causes ... genitourinary causes ... AMI • PUD • Gastric ... Pain #Chronic #Causes
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... associated with mild gastric ... pain • Abdominal ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes ... #Abdominal #Pain
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... Testing Common causes ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal
Types of Urinary Incontinence
 - Stress Incontinence - The urethral sphincter is weakened so that transient
Incontinence - Stress ... increases in intra abdominal ... Classification #Causes
Pathyophysiology - hyperglycemic crises in patients with diabetes 
Key signs/symptoms of HHS/DKA:
Both: Polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss,
hyperglycemic crises ... hypotension) DKA: Short ... , N/V, diffuse abdominal