DDx Flashcards
Nausea/Vomiting with abdominal pain that is relieved by vomiting
Gastric outlet obstruction
Small bowel obstruction
GORD
Nausea/vomiting with abdominal pain that is not relieved by vomiting
Gallbladder disease Hepatitis Pancreatitis Infectious gastroenteritis Myocardial Infarction
Nausea/vomiting with headache/dizziness
Cerebral tumour
Migraine
Vestibular disease
Increased ICP
Nausea/vomiting with no other symptoms
Uremia Pregnancy Drugs Ketoacidosis Hypercalcaemia Gastroparesis (diabetic autonomic neuropathy)
Dysphagia (mechanical: solids»_space; liquids)
Strictures/cancer Schatzki ring/ oesophageal webs Eosinophilic oesophagitis Extrinsic compression Zenker's diverticulum (pharyngeal pouch)
Dysphagia (motility: both solids and liquids)
Achalasia
Diffuse oesophageal spasm
Scleroderma
Dysphagia that doesnt fall under mechanical (solids»liquids) or motility disorders
Foreign body
Odynophagia due to infection
candida
herpes
CMV in immunosuppressed patients
Odynophagia with inflammation/ulceration
caustic damage
Odynophagia due to drugs
Quinidine
Iron
Vitamin C
Antibiotics eg tertacycline
Odynophagia that isnt due to infection, ulceration or drugs
Radiation
Abdominal distention with portal hypertension
Cirrhosis
Cardiac failure
Hepatic vein thrombosis
Abdominal distention with normal portal pressure
pancreatitis
cancer (esp ovarian)
TB
Bleed
Abdominal distention with flatulence
Functional bowel disease
High fibre diet
Lactose intolerance
Chewing gum eg sorbitol, mannitol
Abdominal distention to faeces
Constipation
Colonic obstruction
Dysmotiliy