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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... pain • Skin changes ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Chagas Disease - ... and Management Summary ... Chagas disease ... infectious disease caused ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... and Management Summary ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... for diagnosis Treatment ... #treatment
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management Summary ... -60y (hormonal changes ... Self-limiting, chronic ... but stable or chronic ... abnormal LFT): 12
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
SAPHO Syndrome Summary ... a rare chronic ... Rule out other causes ... and lower jaw Treatment ... #Rheumatology #
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Chronic Pancreatitis ... fibroinflammatory syndrome ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... diagnosis #management #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... cells have DNA changes ... #diagnosis #hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
oral ulcers in 12 ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Recurrent and chronic ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Summary of Oncologic ... CT abdomen if abdominal ... Treat underlying cause ... Symptoms: CNS changes ... treat - Calcium > 12
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management Summary ... sex • Metabolic syndrome ... Nocturnal onset → Peak 12 ... • Acute gout treatment ... #rheumatology