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The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

#262 Subacute and Chronic Abdominal Pain: Physical Exam Series

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this part 2 of 2, learn how the abdominal exam affects our imaging choices, when to call a surgeon, and which classical maneuvers may not be so helpful. You may find it gut-wrenching! In this evidence-based physical exam series, we discuss how to approach abdominal pain with Dr. Andrew Olson (Minnesota), the leader of the DX: Diagnostic Excellence Project. Stay tuned for part 2 with Dr. Olson on subacute and chronic abdominal pain later this week!

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Credits
Producer: Justin Berk MD MPH MBA and Sam Masur MD
Writer: Sam Masur MD
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Editor: Justin Berk MD MPH MBA (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Andrew Olson MD



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0:00.0

The Curbsiders podcast is for entertainment, education, and information purposes only,

0:06.8

and the topics discussed should not be used solely at Diagnostry, cure, or prevent any diseases,

0:09.7

or conditions. For the more of the views and statements expressed on this podcast are solely

0:12.0

those of those, and should not be interpreted to reflect official policy or position of any entity

0:14.4

that's either on possibly, cash like Moronsville and affiliate outreach programs. If indeed,

0:17.0

there are any, in fact, there are none. Pretty much we aren't responsible if you screw up,

0:19.6

you should always do your own homework and let's know. Paul, we're back for part two. Indeed,

0:34.7

we are. No one would argue. How are you? I'm doing well. So of course, what I'm talking about is

0:40.7

this is part two of our abdominal pain episode. We're talking about physical exam, specifically

0:48.0

for patients presenting with abdominal pain. So if you haven't heard the first one, people can go

0:52.8

back and check that out. This is the Curbsiders and Paul. Can you tell people very briefly what do we

0:57.4

do on this show? Sure. We don't do anything very briefly. That's one of the points about our show.

1:03.2

We are the internal medicine podcast. We use expert interviews for your clinical

1:06.5

roles in practice changing knowledge and really use some of the much what we went through. This is

1:10.0

part two of our amazing abdominal pain examination episode. And of course, we have the great

1:15.1

Justin Lee Burke here. It's a tell us all about it. You're very excited to have Dr. Andrew Olson,

1:20.1

who is an expert clinician, teacher, educator, and diagnostician really go through the evidence-based

1:26.1

physical exam and how to integrate it into clinical decision-making when approaching an individual

1:31.3

that has abdominal pain. Thanks for joining for part two.

1:38.8

This is great. I think that covers a lot of the the urgent abdominal pain that we had. And then

1:43.4

I think maybe the next three vignettes we can almost do like a rapid fire of what are things that

1:49.9

you're thinking when a patient presents with a slightly different history. So our next patient,

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