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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... have had prior evaluations ... Red Flags: • Fever ... /AMI • PUD • ... poisoning • Celiac
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... , fever, joint pain ... , weight loss, abdominal ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Disorders: • Infection ... insufficiency - Celiac ... • Low-grade fever ... Nausea/vomiting • Abdominal ... pain • Back pain
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... patients such as ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... pain, hepatomegaly
Pediatrics Sepsis Screening
SIGNS OF INFECTION?
 • Fever (>38C)
 • Hypothermia (<36C)
 • Cough/chest pain/respiratory distress
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Fever (>38C) ... respiratory distress • Abdominal ... neuromuscular disease ... Other high-risk chronic ... #diagnosis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... gut involvement, abdominal
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... - GI tract: abdominal ... to exclude are infections ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk Evaluation ... or family - Ever ... Skin exam for infection ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... • Cough, fever ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain