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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain Causes - Differential ... abdominal pain ... Abdominal Pain ... • Skin changes
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... , abdominal pain ... urticaria, Chronic ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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Associated with Joint Pain ... Dermatomyositis Erythema chronicum ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... #joint #pain #skin ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Sub-Valvular Disease ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Depression/anxiety • Abdominal ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Algorithm #Causes
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... - Differential Diagnostic ... : R/O cardiac, pulmonary ... musculoskeletal causes ... Irritable bowel syndrome
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... Pulmonary Disease ... #Hematology
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Generalized Differential Diagnosis ... Systemic and Primary Causes ... Creatinine & BUN: • Chronic ... Myelodisplastic syndrome ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue ... Neoplastic / Hematologic ... Obstructive Pulmonary ... Disease Neurologic ... Fatigue Syndrome
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... #rheumatology #