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Revision as of 05:20, 27 October 2014
Background
Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Diffuse Abdominal pain
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Acute gastroenteritis
- Aortoenteric fisulta
- Appendicitis (early)
- Bowel obstruction
- Bowel perforation
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Gastroparesis
- Hernia
- Hypercalcemia
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Mesenteric ischemia
- Pancreatitis
- Peritonitis
- Sickle cell crisis
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
- Volvulus
Extra-Abdominal Sources
Extra-abdominal Sources of Abdominal pain
- MI
- Aortic Dissection
- PNA
- PE
- Testicular Torsion
- Herpes Zoster
- Muscle spasm
- Spinal pathology
- Strep Pharyngitis (peds)
- Mononucleosis
- DKA
- ETOH Ketoacidosis
- Uremia
- Sickle Cell Crisis
- SLE
- Vasculitis
- Glaucoma
- Hyperthyroidism
- Methanol Poisoning
- Heavy Metal toxicity
- Addison's disease
- Porphyria
- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
- Black widow spider bite
Workup
- CBC
- Chem
- LFTs
- Lipase
- Coags
- UA
- Urine pregnancy (female)
- ECG (>40 yo)
- Guaiac
- ?Lactate
- ?CT abd/pelvis
Management
- Treat underlying disease process
- Opiod pain medication (e.g. morphine) may improve localization of physical exam
Disposition
- Disposition per underlying disease process