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Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Findings Ileus: Functional ... acute abdominal pain ... "light-switch pain ... percussion • Nausea ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
Small Bowel Infarction ... is the rarest cause ... acute abdominal pain ... Bowel infarction ... SmallBowel #Infarction #pathophysiology
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
Low Back Pain (Lumbago ... : Aching pain in ... to anatomic or functional ... straining during bowel ... Diagnosis #Patterns #Features
Major Segments of the Nephron and their Functions 
 - Glomerulus - Formation of glomerular filtrate
Nephron and their Functions ... organic acids and bases ... Nephron #Segments #Function ... #Pathophysiology ... #Tubules #Table
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
obstruction - Able ... identify non-calculus causes ... flank or abdominal pain ... detection with function ... for non-calculus causes
Features of a Sickle Cell Crisis 
Sickle-cell disease - an autosomal recessive blood disorder.
Characterized by red
Features of a Sickle ... Crises can be precipitated ... associated with severe pain ... The underlying pathophysiology ... SickleCell #Crisis #Features
Causes and Assessment of the Child with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
> 90% no structural cause identified
Gastrointestinal
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Recurrent Abdominal Pain ... • Irritable bowel ... • Inflammatory bowel ... Pelvi-ureteric junction ... Recurrent #Abdominal #Pain