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Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Returning Traveler - ABCDE ... Mnemonic A - Adventure ... B - Body for syndrome ... exposures to onset of symptoms ... #Mnemonic #history
Functional Dyspepsia Syndromes - Epigastric Pain Syndrome (EPS) and Postprandial Distress Syndrome (PDS)
Epigastric Pain Syndrome (EPS):
≥
- Epigastric Pain ... pathology • Criteria ... >3 months • Symptoms ... pathology • Criteria ... >3 months • Symptoms
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
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Management Summary Symptoms ... : • Abdominal pain ... • Nausea • Polyuria ... of 4 following criteria ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Management Summary Symptoms ... : • Abdominal pain ... • Nausea • Polyuria ... of 4 following criteria ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... constitutional symptoms ... deficits, nocturnal pain ... Unresolved Radicular Symptoms ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome
Cushing Syndrome - Signs and Symptoms
Generalized: Weight gain, Slow healing of cuts, Increased risk of infections,
Cushing Syndrome ... - Signs and Symptoms ... Generalized: Weight gain ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... - May involve symptoms ... neuropsychiatric symptoms ... arcuate ligament syndrome ... #Rare #Causes
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Temporomandibular joint syndrome ... Nerve V: • TMJ syndrome ... the following symptoms ... • Associated symptoms
OPIOID SWITCHING AND TAPERING.

Long term opioid use results in physical (and potentially psychological) dependence. Opioids should
avoid withdrawal symptoms ... Opioid withdrawal symptoms ... chills, fever, body aches ... insomnia, muscle pain ... sweating, anxiety, nausea
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
arrest, Kounis syndrome ... arrest GI (>40%): Nausea ... edema, abdominal pain ... anaphylaxis #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #criteria