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Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
patient, severe abdominal ... +preg test. ... (see below for diagnosis ... an IUP or not. #2 ... at the bedside #3
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
4th decades of life ... Infections 2. ... Autoimmune diseases 3. ... symptoms - Headache, fever ... fatigue, Nausea, abdominal
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
dengue severity classification ... positive tourniquet test ... Intense abdominal ... , tachycardia, cold ... #diagnosis
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
HELLP - Grafts, Valves ... Pre-eclampsia 2) ... Defects, Drugs, Liver ... Disease, PNH 3) ... Laboratory Tests
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... cultures, but test ... missing things" → fewer ... Pelvic Floor Disorder ... Balloon Expulsion Test
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
2. ... or family - Ever ... determine if stress test ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
Common Differential Diagnosis ... Usually acute (<3 ... Pain vague but usually ... the Abdomen or Pelvis ... Accounts for —2%
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Bacterial Peritonitis DIAGNOSTICS ... if other signs (fever ... , abdominal pain ... good as 10 days 2) ... dL and advanced liver
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... mild (malaise, fever ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... Confirmatory Tests ... and immunoblot (TESA
Orthopedic Dislocations (Shoulder, Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Shoulder Dislocation
 • Fall on the
Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis ... lies supine. 2. ... backward. 3. ... elbow fully as a test ... by holding the pelvis