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Acute Abdominal Pain - Location Based Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Rule out surgical abdomen: pt lying still, rigid/hard
Acute Abdominal Pain ... Diagnosis Algorithm Rule ... out surgical abdomen ... guarding, severe pain ... in a malrotated gut
Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy - EMCases Algorithm

Clinical Pearls:
 - Reproducible chest wall tenderness does
- Reproducible chest ... tenderness does not rule ... out PE - PE may ... consolidation on chest
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest ... Pain: Categorized ... Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK
HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
stratify low risk chest ... pain patients and ... get them out of ... our department
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
Flail Chest- Check ... out the paradoxical ... chest wall movement ... to incr WOB + chest ... Pt pain free X 36
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Recurrent abdominal pain ... Don't Forget to Rule ... Diarrhea: - Rule ... including bulb) - Rule ... out inflammatory
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
myocardial ischemia, chest ... parietal pericardium, but ... nitrates.2 Acute chest ... although pleuritic chest ... Dull, oppressive chest
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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diagnosis can be made, rule ... out: focal mass ... absent: lower back pain ... Raise Test - Pain ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK
Chest pain, good story, but nonspecific ECG? Do a bedside echo: regional WMAs support your case
Chest pain, good ... story, but nonspecific
Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
Amsterdam Wrist Rules ... Rules that dictate ... patient with wrist pain ... Amsterdam #Wrist #Rules ... fracture #radiology #msk