Disease Name differential diagnosis: Difference between revisions
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Diarrhea is a common symptom in many childhood conditions. | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 16:03, 30 January 2021
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
This is the template for the “Differential Diagnosis Page” of a single-page with differential diagnosis table(s).
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Overview
Diarrhea is a common symptom in many childhood conditions.
Differential Diagnosis
- Altered mental status - Central Nervous System infection, sepsis [1]
- Bilious vomiting - bowel obstruction
- Blood or mucus in the stool - inflammatory bowel disease
- Shortness of breath - pneumonia
- Fever (especially if with nausea and vomiting) - otitis media or urinary tract infection
- Abdominal pain, rebound tenderness - appendicitis or other surgical causes
- Neck stiffness - mengingitis
- Rash- Toxic Shock syndrome