GASTRO: acute abdo pain

Question 1

What is the surgical sieve used for acute abdo pain in children?

Answer 1

VITAMIN CDEF

• Vascular
• Infective/inflammtory
• Traumatic
• Autoimmune/allergic
• Metabolic
• Iatrogenic/idiopathic
• Neoplastic
• Congenital
• Degenerative
• Endocrine
• Functional

Question 2

What are the causes of acute abdo pain in a child?

Answer 2

VITAMIN CDEF

• Vascular
  
  • Henoch-Schonlein purpura
  • Sickle cell anaemia sequestration crisis
  • Acute haemolysis (G6PD deficiency)
• Infective/inflammatory
  
  • Appendicitis
  • Pancreatitis
  • Meckel’s diverticulitis
  • Hirschsprung’s enterocolitis
  • Mesenteric adenitis
  • Gastroenteritis
  • UTI
  • Pyelonephritis
  • Renal Calculus
• Traumatic
  
  • Incarcerated inguinal hernia
  • Testicular torsion
• Autoimmune/allergic
  
  • IBD
• Metabolic
  
  • DKA
• Iatrogenic/idiopathic
• Neoplastic
  
  • Nephroblastoma
• Congenital
  
  • Hirschsprung’s disease
• Degenerative
• Endocrine
• Functional
  
  • Intestinal obstruction (constipation)
  • Malrotation & volvulus
  • Intussception