Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Upper Gastrointestinal - Acute
 • Infectious Gastroenteritis
 • Gastric/Duodenal Obstruction
 • Gastric Volvulus
Upper Gastrointestinal - Chronic
 • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
 • Peptic Ulcer Disease
 • Gastroparesis
Lower Gastrointestinal - Acute
 • Infectious Gastroenteritis
 • Small/Large Bowel Obstruction
 • Acute Appendicitis
 • Mesenteric Ischemia
 • Acute Diverticulitis
Lower Gastrointestinal - Chronic
 • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
 • Colonic Neoplasm
Hepatobiliary
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute Cholecystitis
 • Cholelithiasis
 • Choledocholithiasis
 • Acute Pancreatitis
Endocrine/Metabolic
 • Pregnancy
 • Diabetes/ DKA
 • Uremia
 • Hypercalcemia
 • Addison's Disease
 • Thvroid Disease
Other
 • sepsis (e.g. pyelonephritis, Pneumonia)
 • Radiation Sickness
 • Acute Myocardial Infarction
Drugs/Toxins
 • Chemotherapy
 • Antibiotics
 • Ethanol
 • Carbon Monoxide
 • Heavy Metal
 • Nicotine
High Intracranial Pressure
 • Hemorrhage
 • Meningitis
 • Infarction
 • Malignancy
 • Head Trauma
Vestibular (Inner Ear)
 • Ear Infection
 • Motion Sickness
 • Vestibular Migraine
 • Méniére's Disease
Psychiatric
 • Self-Induced (Bulimia)
 • Cyclic Vomiting
 • Psychogenic

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