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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
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway Obstruction ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
syndrome as a cause ... out lymphatic obstruction ... Although nonhepatic causes ... only about 15% of all ... ascites #diagnosis #workup
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... osmolarity If cause ... hypovolaemia and obstruction ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
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 #
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 of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... ultrasound; MRA; abdominal ... • Obstructive ... #Hypertension #Differential ... #Screening #Workup
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... more than one cause ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... wall hernias (umbilical ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup
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