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Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... - Inguinal hernia ... urinary tract infection ... - Inflammatory bowel ... #Differential #
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
 •
Infective endocarditis ... IVDUs who dissolve heroin ... and perineum • Bowel ... Endocarditis #Sources #Causes ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... thrombus • Splenic infarction ... Femoral/Inguinal hernia ... hernia • Rib ... #Differential #
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Obstruction - Differential ... Postinflammatory • Hernia ... : External abdominal ... Eosinophilic granuloma • Infections
Incarcerated Abdominal Hernia on POCUS

Incarcerated hernia causing pain; bowel obstruction causing nausea and vomiting. No additional
Incarcerated Abdominal ... causing pain; bowel ... obstruction causing nausea ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #labeled #bowel
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Diagnostic Approach and Differential ... The most common causes ... more than one cause ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... wall hernias (umbilical
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes ... - Differential ... • Small/Large Bowel ... • Incarcerated Hernia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
Small Bowel Infarction ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... is the rarest cause ... of acute abdominal ... Bowel infarction
Indirect Inguinal Hernia on Scrotal Ultrasound

60 yo M with abdominal pain radiating to the groin. 
Superficially
Indirect Inguinal Hernia ... on Scrotal Ultrasound ... 60 yo M with abdominal ... #SBO #clinical ... #ultrasound #pocus
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... reflection on the differential ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... variety of other causes ... #liver #pocus #clinical