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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... potentially be an acute ... Chronic abdominal ... Pain: • Pregnancy ... #gastroenterology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Summary Use a positive ... IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... pain ~ ≥ 1x/ week ... #workup #gastroenterology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... of Pregnancy (AFLP ... : • Defect in fetal ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... pain, headache,
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Bowel Syndrome (IBS ... fibromyalgia, chronic ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain ... Management #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Chronic Pancreatitis ... is in question ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... pain • Fat-soluble ... #management #gastroenterology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
arteries) • Pregnancy ... disorders - Chronic ... significantly positive ... : • Acute Coronary ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
on ABx) → Acute ... blood/mucus, Abd pain ... Spore ingestion → colonic ... recurrent CDI • Fecal ... infectiousdiseases #IDSA #gastroenterology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... weeks incubation Acute ... signs/symptoms, positive ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... pain, chronic constipation
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... infection have positive