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Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis of Acute Pelvic Pain #Diagnosis #Management #EM #Obgyn #Pelvic #Pain #PelvicPain #NonGynecologic
Evaluation and Differential ... Diagnosis of Acute ... #Management #EM ... Obgyn #Pelvic #Pain ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Approach to Acid ... - Evaluation and ... the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... #Evaluation #workup
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the Evaluation ... Causes of acute ... #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis ... #differential
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the Evaluation ... of Acute Diarrhea ... Hospitalization required #Acute ... #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... acidosis: - Diarrhea ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Approach (when evaluation ... An acute rise or ... disturbance, or acute ... disease: CKD, acute ... #causes #Differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... have had prior evaluations ... potentially be an acute ... • Vomiting, diarrhea ... aneurysms • Acute
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... fetal free fatty acid ... vomiting, abdominal pain ... headache, malaise) → Acute ... infiltration) Differential
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... URGENT WORKUP ... weight loss or acute ... the underlying cause ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
Pancreatic atrophy, Acute ... mellitus, Bile acid ... diarrhoea, Irritable ... Rheumatological disorders ... elastase #low #differential