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Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... of Abdominal Pain ... urinary tract infection ... #Pain #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Pediatric Vomiting ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis • Gastric ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Pediatric Acute ... Abdominal Pain - ... Urinary Tract Infection ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... AMI • PUD • Gastric ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... aneurysms • Acute
Pyogenic liver abscess in children
Common bacterial causes in children:
 • S.aureus
 • Strep spp
 • Enteric
Common bacterial causes ... sources within abdominal ... #pediatrics #children ... #peds #differential ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute ... Abdominal Pain(< ... - Differential Diagnostic ... Urinary tract infection ... #Abdominal #Pain
Pediatrics Sepsis Screening
SIGNS OF INFECTION?
 • Fever (>38C)
 • Hypothermia (<36C)
 • Cough/chest pain/respiratory distress
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Pediatrics Sepsis ... Screening SIGNS OF INFECTION ... respiratory distress • Abdominal ... Indwelling vascular access ... #peds #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... , pelvic, gastric ... muscle aches, joint pain ... , chest pain • ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... disease caused ... weeks incubation Acute ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... pain, chronic constipation