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Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Right Upper Quadrant ... Pneumonia Left Upper Quadrant ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Adenomyomatosis - May cause ... or right upper quadrant ... pain, nausea, vomiting ... fever, Murphy sign ... or right upper quadrant
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... abdomen Upper quadrant ... musculoskeletal causes ... Lower quadrant ... genitourinary causes
Doge Cap Sign on Abdominal X-Ray aka Morrison Pouch Sign
Triangular shaped lucency below the 11th rib
Doge Cap Sign on ... Morrison Pouch Sign ... the right upper quadrant ... The doge cap sign ... Abdominal #XRay #kub #clinical
Figure 3. Right upper quadrant view with patient in left lateral decubitus position, revealing an ‘enhancement
Right upper quadrant ... peritoneal stripe sign ... MD @jshihmd #Clinical ... POCUS #RUQ #EPSS #Sign
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
Courvoisier Sign ... Courvoisier-Terrier Sign ... or right upper quadrant ... mass), the cause ... therefore presumes the cause
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pruritus, Right upper quadrant ... discomfort Signs ... Cirrhosis #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pemberton's Sign caused by a Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter

Elevating the arms causes the previously flat neck veins
Pemberton's Sign ... caused by a Retrosternal ... Elevating the arms causes ... #Pembertons #Sign ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
Tree in Bud Sign ... The Tree-in-Bud sign ... It is caused by ... Bud #TreeInBud #Sign ... #diagnosis #clinical
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's Rule
Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
EVERY 1 F RISE IN TEMPERATURE -> HR INCREASES 8-10 BPM
INFECTIOUS
Faget's Sign & Liebermeister's ... BPM INFECTIOUS CAUSES ... • Fever OTHER CAUSES ... • Drug Fever CLINICAL ... #Fagets #Sign #Pulse