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Differential of Abdominal Pain - by Character and Timing of Pain:

Inflammatory, Colicky and Catastrophic

#Diagnosis #AbdominalPain #Colicky
Differential of Abdominal ... Catastrophic #Diagnosis ... #AbdominalPain ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
Pathyophysiology - hyperglycemic crises in patients with diabetes 
Key signs/symptoms of HHS/DKA:
Both: Polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss,
: Short course ( ... , N/V, diffuse abdominal ... pain, Kussmaul ... Pathophys #EM #IM ... #Ddxof
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Pediatric Acute Abdominal ... Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Nephrolithiasis #Acute #AbdominalPain ... #Algorithm #Causes
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
syndrome (GBS) (aka ...  Most common cause ... Differential diagnosis ...  West Nile virus ... Transverse myelitis: Pain
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
: • Vit B12 - aka ... • Common Causes ... GI - glossitis (pain ... of tongue), abd pain ... , can consider IM