CRACKCast E215 - Abdominal Pain - a podcast by The CanadiEM.org Team
from 2020-07-06T17:55:21
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Core Questions
- What are risk factors for serious underlying causes of abdominal pain? (Box 24.1)
- Explain key symptoms and signs to look for in the evaluation of the patient with abdominal pain.
- What diagnoses are associated with different patterns of abdominal pain? (Fig 24.1)
- List 5 critical and 5 emergent causes of abdominal pain (Table 24.1, 24.2)
- Explain an approach to ancillary testing in abdominal pain.
- Outline a diagnostic algorithm for patients with abdominal pain (Fig 24.4)
- Outline an empiric management algorithm for abdominal pain. (Fig 24.5)
Wisecracks
- What are the structures included in the foregut, midgut, and hindgut? More importantly, why do you care?
- List indications for bedside US in the ED patient with abdominal pain (Table 24.3)
- Explain how referred pain works in the setting of abdominal pain (Fig 24.2)
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