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Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... - Intestinal obstruction ... #Pain #Pediatrics ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Peds
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

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- Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... bowel loop O - Obstructive ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... #Ultrasound #Assessment
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Pediatric Acute ... Abdominal Pain - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Ketoacidosis • Bowel Obstruction ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Diagnosis Baseline ... hypovolaemia and obstruction ... Vasculits: ANCA, ANA ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Causes and Assessment ... with Recurrent Abdominal ... junction (PUJ) obstruction ... #Pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pediatrics
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

SBO diagnosis in minutes of patients arrival to ED, "to/fro peristalsis" (aka
Small Bowel Obstruction ... on POCUS SBO ... diagnosis in minutes ... peristalsis" (aka ... #AbdominalUS #SBO
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Diagnosis Framework ... Glomerulonephritis, arthritis, obstructive ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... LFT • ESR • ANA
Pyogenic liver abscess in children
Common bacterial causes in children:
 • S.aureus
 • Strep spp
 • Enteric
from contiguous focus ... sources within abdominal ... liver #abscess #pediatrics ... children #peds #differential ... #diagnosis #hepatology