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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 ... intolerance • SIBO ... • Abdominal wall ... #Causes #Differential
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... failure - CAD/ACS ... Dyspnea: • Chest Wall ... Deconditioning - Pain ... #dyspnea #sob
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview: ALL ... age • 75% of ALL ... Mature B-cell ALL ... : Blast crises ... , weight loss, abdominal
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... , abdominal pain ... Atopic diseases, Chronic ... doi: 10.1111/all ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
patient’s absolute SBP ... disorders - Chronic ... • Mitchell et al ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... #cardiology
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
• The ligament will ... Can present with chronic ... pain and restricted ... Differential Diagnosis ... - Can cause
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... gut involvement, abdominal ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
CT abdomen if abdominal ... pain; full infectious ... Treat underlying cause ... interventional radiology ... pulmonary opacities, SOB
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
occurring in some or all ... during some or all ... pain, nausea, diarrhea ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... (CINCA/NOMID) All