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Abdominal Pain - Physical Examination Signs and Maneuvers
 - Murphy's sign
 - Kehr's sign
 - McBurney's
Abdominal Pain - ... - Pulsatile Masses ... sign #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... PhysicalExam #AbdominalPain
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
and Management ... Caused by: Tropheryma ... Symptoms and Signs ... Abdominal pain; ... #algorithm #management
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... lesions • Severe pain ... Fecal occult blood test ... Skin biopsy • Abdominal ... #physicalexam
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... or sed rate): Value ... very remarkable w/differential ... the “Chewing gum test ... #Management
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
retro-orbital pain ... positive tourniquet test ... Intense abdominal ... pain or tenderness ... classification #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
is a skin prick test ... Behcet disease) Differential ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... pain: Glucocorticoids ... #management #signs
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
duodenum Clinical Signs ... pain, and palpable ... abdominal mass ... Not reliable, so ... • Should be on differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... purpura: strong sign ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... retinopathy Lab Tests
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... infectious disease caused ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... pain, chronic constipation
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... Diagnosis: • ... Possible responses to pain ... • Examine for signs ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam