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Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Pediatric Vomiting ... Systemic Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Gastroenteritis • Gastric ... Intussusception • Gastric
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
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... lung infections ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... #differential #
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
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... pain, chronic diarrhea
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Persistent or chronic ... or B. cereus (long ... ) • Chronic watery ... #Diarrhea #diagnosis ... #differential #
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