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Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Diagnosis Lesions ... abscess, "Starch ... Gossypiboma, Superior mesenteric ... diverticulitis, Appendicitis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... • Intestinal obstruction ... disease • Chronic mesenteric ... compression syndrome • Mesenteric
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
identify non-calculus causes ... of flank or abdominal ... MRI - Limited value ... for non-calculus causes ... with surgical access
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute Abdominal ... - Differential Diagnostic ... musculoskeletal causes ... Colic • Bowel Obstruction ... Peritoneal - Bowel • Appendicitis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
to bolus these values ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... assessment - assess ... tests before beginning ... pulmonary edema - Mesenteric