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Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... ) - Differential ... Metabolic disease (e.g ... syndrome #Diffuse ... #Pain #Differential
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Colonic Thumbprint Sign ... on Abdominal XRay ... - Differential ... • infection (e.g ... Diagnosis #radiology
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - Differential ... Withholding • Painful (e.g ... Anatomic: • Bowel ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Celiac ... wall painAbdominal ... #Causes #Differential
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Syndrome (IBS) - ... (e.g. fibromyalgia ... inflammation, Abdominal ... -HT4 agonists Pain
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
- Differential ... Withholding • Painful (e.g ... Anatomic • Bowel ... Guillan-Barré Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... • Reactive (e.g ... Enteropathic (e.g ... Sicca) Syndrome ... Enteropathic (e.g
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... Celiac, IBD) • ... Renal (e.g. ... endocrinology #causes ... #pediatrics
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
cardiac syncope, e.g ... carotid sinus syndrome ... further guide management ... orthostatic vital sign ... and an initial ECG
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Pain > 90% no ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Constipation ... #Pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pediatrics