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Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential ... Hyperthyroid - Inflammatory ... • Inflammatory ... Cancer • Microscopic ... Diarrhea #SmallBowel #Differential
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Sicca) Syndrome ... polyangiitis (GPA)/microscopic ... JointPain #MSK #Differential
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... urine sediment Microscopic ... urine sediment by microscopy ... pain hematuria syndrome ... #Hematuria #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Algorithm and Differential ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... urine culture, inflammatory ... • Cardio-renal syndrome
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
arteritis - Inflammatory ... granulomatosis - microscopic ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... - Schnitzler syndrome ... - Sjögren syndrome
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... symptomatology Differential ... Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... #differential #
Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
 •
of Hemoptysis - Differential ... Goodpasture's Syndrome ... polyangiitis / microscopic ... #Hemoptysis #Differential
Small Vessel Vasculitides
 • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis - Granulomatous manifestations (e.g., nasal crusting, destructive sinusitis, pulmonary
retroorbital mass) • Microscopic ... and Sjogren's syndrome ... Vasculitides #vasculitis #differential
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
 •
T1DM, Addisons, microscopic ... colitis Differential ... whipple) • Inflammatory
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... Urinary #Casts #Differential ... #Microscopy #Diagnosis