This Double Take video from the New England Journal of Medicine describes the case
of a man with persistent diffuse abdominal pain, fatigue, and anorexia with
subsequent weight loss. Based on a Clinical Problem-Solving article published in
the Journal, the video explores the broad differential diagnosis of abdominal pain
and how a clinician could assess a patient with a constellation of nonspecific
symptoms to identify a unifying diagnosis.
For further reading, the Clinical Problem-Solving article referenced in this
video is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcps1900799 Led Astray (Young et al., in the August 5, 2020,
issue of the Journal).
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