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Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Causes of Portal ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hepatology
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
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Definitions Pathophysiology ... Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO ... Intolerance • Celiac Disease ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Sub-Valvular Disease ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... mesenteric artery syndrome ... Inflammatory: Crohn's disease ... #SBO #bowel #Causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
and Pathophysiology ... patient’s absolute SBP ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Blunt Abdominal ... #Pathophysiology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... , abdominal pain ... Cold #Urticaria #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
- Differential Diagnosis ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... • Budd Chiari syndrome ... #causes #hepatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... (Clinical Dx). ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus (SLE) Clinical ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... , PRES Pathophysiology ... autoantibodies that will cause