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Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
triad: Bleeding, abdominal ... abdominal mass ... Not reliable, so ... • Should be on differential ... Management #Summary #vascular
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... intolerance • SIBO ... cutaneous nerve ... Chronic #Causes #Differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... patient’s absolute SBP ... Pathologic Causes: • Valvular ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... #causes #cardiology
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Petechial Rash - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disruptions in vascular ... Skin biopsy • Abdominal ... ultrasound #
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
- Differential ... bullous or vesicular ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... LFT • ESR • ANA
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Embolism - Etiology and ... (LV thrombus, LAA ... multiple coronary vascular ... Artery #Embolism #diagnosis ... #differential #
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
diplopia) • Vascular ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Diagnosis: • Genital ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... Glucocorticoids 5-ASA
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
compression of nerve ... constipation Differential ... Diagnosis: • ... lumbar stenosis • Vascular ... #diagnosis #causes
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Peripheral vascular ... one post op Cardiology ... undergoing AAA ... or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Erythematous, macular ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Diagnosis: • ANCA-associated ... pain • Swan neck/Ulnar ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis