Complex Problems: Focus on Abdominal Complaints

In this module, you'll take a deep dive into abdominal pain, covering how to systematically characterize pain type, location, and associated symptoms. You'll map clinical findings to specific diagnoses — including cholecystitis, pancreatitis, appendicitis, diverticulitis, PUD, ectopic pregnancy, renal calculi, and bowel obstruction — and learn the appropriate diagnostic workup for each. Surgical emergency red flags and signs of intra-abdominal bleeding are also covered.