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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain Causes - Differential ... Long-standing vs ... AMI • PUD • Gastric ... #Causes #Differential
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Pediatric Vomiting ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds # ... Pediatrics
Preterm Infant Complications - Differential Diagnosis
Respiratory:
 • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
 • Respiratory Distress
Diagnosis Respiratory ... Syndrome (RDS) • Chronic ... Lung Disease (CLD ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Prevotella • Fungal ... Abscess Differential ... #causes #management
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Whipple disease Fungal ... Breast Leukemia Lung ... perforation (e.g., gastric ... #Pericarditis #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Pseudomonas FUNGAL ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... pain, chronic diarrhea
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
85% • < 50% in chronic ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... , pelvic, gastric ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... status NTM Cause ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... NTM #Infections #differential
Causes of Night Sweats - Differential Diagnosis
 • Malignancy: Lymphoma, Leukemia, Other neoplasm
 • Infections: Human
Causes of Night ... Sweats - Differential ... mononucleosis, Fungal ... coccidioidomycosis), Lung ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Pyogenic liver abscess in children
Common bacterial causes in children:
 • S.aureus
 • Strep spp
 • Enteric
Common bacterial causes ... sources within abdominal ... liver #abscess #pediatrics ... children #peds #differential ... #diagnosis #hepatology