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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Definitions Pathophysiology ... Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics ... Bloating #Management #Diagnosis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... did not yield a diagnosis ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... intolerance • SIBO
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Hernia: External abdominal ... mesenteric artery syndrome ... #SBO #bowel #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... acute or chronic abdominal ... percussion • Nausea ... #obstruction #sbo ... #ileus #pathophysiology
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
- Differential Diagnostic ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
(IBS) - Pathophysiology ... , Diagnosis and ... inflammation, Abdominal ... #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Abdominal X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Is there bowel dilatation, wall edema or pneumatosis?
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Abdominal X-Ray ... radiologistpage #Abdominal ... interpretation #radiology #diagnosis ... #labeled #anatomy ... #clinical
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
Causes of Hypokalemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... - Refeeding Syndrome ... #Algorithm #causes ... potassium #low #pathophysiology
Complex (NOT simple) ascites on Abdominal POCUS
(very subtle intra-ascitic echoes--didn't translate to Twitter well) secondary to
simple) ascites on Abdominal ... ) secondary to SBP ... Labeled Schematic ... Complex #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #SBP