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Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
- Differential Diagnostic ... Algorithm Look ... musculoskeletal causes ... aortic aneurysm ... #Algorithm
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Vascular - abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... cholecystitis; • Neurologic
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiovascular ... • Dilating Aneurysm ... • Trauma - Neurologic ... #Algorithm #causes
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Unequal ... aneurysm • Aortic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... by Classification ... • Ruptured aortic ... aneurysm • ... exacerbation (any cause
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Algorithm Unprovoked ... malformation, Aneurysm ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Clinical ... • Neurologic ... a mass as the cause ... #Algorithm #Causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... did not yield a diagnosis ... aortic aneurysms ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and Differential Diagnosis ... osmolarity If cause ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... #nephrology #causes
Salmonella Aspiration on Microscopy

66 y/o male with history of coronary artery disease presents with abdominal pain.
presents with abdominal ... pelvis shows an abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... Diagnosis ? ... Is a major cause