23 results
Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
•
Hypercalcemia - EKG ... Findings Causes ... • Milk-alkali syndrome ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Gastroenteritis • Constipation ... Metabolic disease (e.g ... syndrome #Diffuse
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - ... Withholding • Painful (e.g ... Anatomic: • Bowel ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... Depression/anxiety • Abdominal ... syndrome • Inflammatory ... bowel disease ... • Constipation
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... (e.g. fibromyalgia ... inflammation, Abdominal ... , Eluxadoline Constipation ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
• Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Diffuse Pain: • Constipation ... • Irritable bowel ... syndrome • Celiac ... • Inflammatory bowel
Stool Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Affected Pelvic Floor 
 - Trauma/Surgery
   • Surgery: Anorectal,
Anorectal, Prostate, Bowel ... Floor - Chronic Constipation ... • Inflammatory Bowel ... Syndrome • ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
cardiomyopathy (Yamaguchi syndrome ... wave inversion syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
 •
Causes and Assessment ... no structural cause ... • Irritable bowel ... syndromeConstipation ... • Inflammatory bowel
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Pediatric Constipation ... Withholding • Painful (e.g ... Anatomic • Bowel ... Guillan-Barré Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes