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Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... ) - Differential ... musculoskeletal causes Lower ... #Pain #Differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain Causes - Differential ... cardiac causes • Lower ... Ovarian CA Diffuse ... #Causes #Differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Constant / Chronic-Fleeting / Post-Prandial
Upper Quadrant:
 • Peptic ulcer disease
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain - Differential ... splenomegaly, abscess) Lower ... Any location/diffuse ... #Abdominal #Pain
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
moves rapidly from lower ... Differential diagnosis ...  West Nile virus ... Transverse myelitis: Pain ...  CIDP: Chronic
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... pneumonitis • Diffuse ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... (hypertension, lower ... with Lupus: • Chronic