Level 1: Abdominal Pain – Chief Complaint: Expert Panel DDX

How does your differential compare with the experts?

What questions will comprise your initial history?

Experts’ DDX:

  1. Pregnancy
    1. Ectopic
  2. Emergencies
    1. Appendicitis
    2. Volvulus
    3. Small bowel obstruction (SBO)
    4. Perforated ulcer
    5. Ovarian torsion
    6. Tubo-ovarian abscess
    7. Kidney stone
    8. Pyelonephritis
    9. Urinary tract infection (UTI)
    10. Splenic infarct
    11. Mesenteric ischemia
    12. Portal vein thrombosis
  3. Infectious
    1. Gastroenteritis – viral
    2. Gastroenteritis – bacterial
    3. Hepatitis
    4. Cholecystitis
  4. Inflammatory
    1. Peptic ulcer disease (PUD)/gastritis
    2. Pancreatitis
  5. Myocardial infarction (MI)
  6. Pericarditis
  7. Pneumonia
  8. Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
  9. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
  10. Porphyria
  11. Hemolysis
  12. Sickle cell crisis
  13. Medication induced