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11 Cards in this Set
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most common cause of acute RUQ pain
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acute cholecystitis
Acute Pyelonephritis |
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most common cause of acute epigastric pain
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peptic ulcer disease
acute pancreatitis |
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most common cause of acute LUQ pain
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splenic rupture
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most common cause of acute LLQ pain
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colonic diverticulitis
colon cancer |
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most common cause of acute suprapubic pain
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bladder pathology
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most common cause of acute RLQ pain
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appendicitis
mesenteric lymphadenitis ovarian cyst if young female |
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acute abdominal pain in children
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Life threatening:
truama intussusception incarcerated hernia intestinal malortation volvulus non life threatening Gastroenteritis UTI |
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Catastrophic acute abdominal pain
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bleeding - rupture AAA
infection - perforated viscus, bowel ischemia, appendicitis, cholangitis -----> sepsis |
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high risk patients for error in diagnosis
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children
elderly immunocompromised |
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most common abdominal pain to ER
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appendicitis
diverticulitis acute cholecystitis/cholangitis small bowel obstruction hernia perforated viscus ruptured AAA gastroenteritis acronym: hard gasp |
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Lab tests to run for acute abdominal pain
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CBC
CMP - metabolic panel Urinalysis Lipase |