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Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection (PIMS-TS)
Clinical features
all: fever > 101.3 F
most: oxygen
Pediatric Inflammatory ... Multisystem Syndrome ... hypotension some: abdominal ... #PIMSTS #covid19 ... coronavirus #diagnosis #Signs
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal ... - Budd Chiari Syndrome ... Pseudo-Obstruction: Abdominal ... Complications #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
manifestations of COVID ... bilirubin • Gastrointestinal ... : Diarrhea, Nausea ... /vomiting, Abdominal ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis #Signs
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... lips, larynx or gastrointestinal ... symptoms from the gastrointestinal ... Positive Carnett's sign ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
mutations - Down syndrome ... chromosome 21) Signs ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia #pathophysiology ... #geriatrics #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Causes and Assessment ... identified Gastrointestinal ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pediatrics ... #Causes
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Brudzinski’s Sign ... Passive neck flexion causes ... While the pathophysiology ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Pediatrics #Peds
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
vasculitis (100%) - Gastrointestinal ... 85%) - Colicky abdominal ... nephrotic/nephritic syndrome ... HenochScholeinPurpura #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Affects the skin and gastrointestinal ... tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... purpura: strong sign ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
infectious disease caused ... Romana's sign ... Indeterminate form (No signs ... (→stroke) 2) Gastrointestinal ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal