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Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Foreign Body Aspiration 

#Button #Battery #Ingestion #Diagnosis #Management
Algorithm for the Evaluation ... Aspiration #Button #Battery ... #Ingestion #Diagnosis ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... Magnet #Algorithm #Ddxof
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
have had prior evaluations ... bowel syndrome • Celiac ... poisoning • Celiac ... artery compression ... #gastroenterology
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... Consider BCx, CSF evaluation ... unformed) PNA diagnosed ... #Peds #EM #Classification ... SeriousBacterialIllness #Ddxof
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Scaling, pustules, crusts ... • Laboratory evaluation ... • Hormonal disorder ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... Approach (when evaluation ... with electrolyte disorders ... Neurologic disorders ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
regarding the diagnosis ... normal, further evaluation ... C282Y homozygote, evaluation ... and hematologic disorders ... management #hepatology #gastroenterology
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
dissection is caused ... Evaluation: 1. ... Connective tissue disorder ... Marfans, EDS ... Aortic #Dissection #diagnosis
Assessment of the Child with Eczema
Distribution of atopic eczema - The distribution of eczema tends to
Causes of exacerbation ... - Worse or better ... other allergic disorders ... #primarycare #peds ... #pediatrics #diagnosis
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
Spurious result-watery ... diarrhoea, Coeliac ... Rheumatological disorders ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #gastroenterology
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
• Common Causes ... dysfunction, and/or disorders ... related to IBD, celiac ... total body stores Evaluation ... consider other diagnosis