Vomiting resident survival guide
| Vomiting Resident Survival Guide |
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| Overview |
| Causes |
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| Diagnosis |
| Treatment |
| Do's |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rinky Agnes Botleroo, M.B.B.S.
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Overview
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Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes of vomitting includes:
Common Causes
- Gastric outlet obstruction
- Small bowel obstruction
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Hepatitis
- Cholecystitis
- Pancreatitis
- Crohn’s disease
- Gastroparesis
- Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
- Post-operative nausea and vomiting
- CNS causes
- Migraine
- Increased intracranial pressure
- Malignancy
- Hemorrhage
- Infarction
- Abscess
- Meningitis
- Congenital malformation
- Hydrocephalus
- Pseudotumor cerebri
- Seizure disorders
- Demyelinating disorders
- Infectious causes
- Gastroenteritis
- Otitis media Pseudotumor cerebri
Acute intermittent porphyria
- Labyrinthine disorders
- Motion sickness
- Labyrinthitis
- Tumors
- Meniere’s disease
- Iatrogenic
- Endocrinological and metabolic causes
- Pregnancy
- Uremia
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Addison’s disease
- Miscellaneous causes
- Cardiac disease
- Myocardial infarction
- Congestive heart failure
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Starvation
- Cardiac disease
- Cancer chemotherapy
- Radiation therapy
- Cardiovascular medications
- Digoxin
- Antiarrhythmics
- Antihypertensives
- β-Blockers
- Calcium-channel antagonists
- Antibiotics/Antivirals
- Ethanol Abuse
Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Do's
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Don'ts
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References