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Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Obstruction - Differential ... Hernia: External abdominal ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #SBO #
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Dyspnea - Differential ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway Obstruction ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
dysfunction or obstruction ... cardiogenic or obstructive ... compensatory responses to all ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Shock #Differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Intestinal obstruction ... intolerance • SIBO ... wall pain • Abdominal ... #Differential #
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Arrhythmia • Obstructive ... Severe auto-PEEP, Abdominal ... Sophia_Hayes_MD #Shock #Differential ... #Diagnosis #criticalcare
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Causes of Fat Malabsorption ... - Differential ... Biliary Duct Obstruction ... ithiasis Intestinal Wall ... Infectious • SIBO
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Causes and Assessment ... no structural cause ... Hepatitis • Gall ... junction (PUJ) obstruction ... #Pain #Differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... patient’s absolute SBP ... Physiologic Causes ... Pregnancy • Well-conditioned ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal
Small Bowel Obstruction and Ascites on POCUS

This patient drove to the ED complaining of 2 hours
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Resolution: Nausea ... the ED), c/w an SBO ... Labeled Schematic ... Ascites #POCUS #Abdominal
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
: hypotension (SBP ... post-ATN, post-obstructive ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential # ... causes #classification