Presentation | Examples of worst case scenarios |
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Abdominal pain | • Abdominal aortic aneurysm • Mesenteric ischemia • Acute myocardial infarction • Perforated ulcer • Volvulus • Intussusception • Ovarian torsion • Ectopic pregnancy • Bowel Obstruction • Acute appendicitis • Cholangitis • Splenic sequestration in sickle cell Disease patients • Diabetic ketoacidosis • Black widow spider bite |
Chest pain | • Pneumothorax/pneumomediastinum • Pericardial effusion/tamponade • Acute coronary syndromes • Pulmonary embolism • Acute aortic dissection • Traumatic aortic rupture • Pneumonia • Esophageal rupture • Acute chest syndrome in sickle cell Disease patients • Pericarditis |
Eye pain and redness | • Acute angle-closure glaucoma • Orbital cellulitis • Anterior uveitis/iritis • Ruptured globe • Corneal abrasions/ulcer • Keratitis • Chemical burns |
Headache | • Meningitis • Subarachnoid hemorrhage • Carbon monoxide poisoning • Intracranial abscess • Hematoma subdural/epidural • Temporal arteritis • Complicated sinusitis • Cavernous sinus thrombosis • Brain tumor • Acute angle-closure glaucoma |