Abdominal Flashcards
life threatening conditions
AAA, Mesenteric ischemia, perforation, Bowel obstruction, ectoptic pregnancy, ACS
RUQ (8)
1) hepatitis
2) cholecystitis
3) cholangitis
4) biliary colic
5) pancreatitis
6) pneumonia
7) pyelonephritis
8) Uretheral/renal lithiasis
Epigastric (8)
1) PUD 2 GERD 3 gastritis 4 pancreatitis 5 ACS 6 pericarditis 7 AAA 8 PE
LUQ (8)
1 pancreatitis 2 gastritis 3 ACS 4 AAA 5 pneumonia 6 Gastric ulcer 7 gastritis 8 gallstone
RLQ (12)
1 appendicitis 2 TOA 3 ectopic pregnancy 4 nephrolithiasis 5 Ovarian torsion 6 ovarian cyst 7 PID 8 UTI 9 pyelonephritis 10 AAA 11 inguinal hernia 12 testicular torsion
periumbilical (8)
1 appendicitis 2 bowel obstruction 3 AAA 4 PID 5 UTI 6 TOA 7 Diverticulitis 8 mesenteric ischemia
LLQ (10)
1 diverticulitis 2 TOA 3 ectopic pregnancy 4 ovarian cyst 5 ovarian torsion 6 hernia, inguinal hernia 7 testicular torsion 8 nephrolithiasis 9 UTI 10 pyelonephritis
Diffuse (8)
1 mesenteric ischemia 2 metabolic 3 malaria 4 AAA 5 bowel obstruction 6 constipation 7 peritonitis 8 diverticulitis
Abdominal pain orders for everyone
CBC, NPO, hydrate, symptom control, CMP, Lipase, UA, preg test
Appendicitis imaging
CT
Biliary tract disease imaging
ultrasound, CT
Small and large bowel obstruction imaging
plain films, CT
Pancreatitis diagnostic
lipase, CT
Testicular torsion PE findings
Loss of cremasteric reflex, neg Prehn’s sign
Diverticulitis imaging
CT
Adnexal Torsion
twisting of the ovarian
Adnexal torsion S and SX
sudden severe pelvic pain, NV, palpable mass