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Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... GI Absorption: Chronic ... Refeeding Syndrome, Acute ... inhibitor, Estrogen based ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
it possible to differentiate ... the chronic lesion ... Progression #Stroke #CVA ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Interpretation #Findings #Neurology
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
(making clear to ... This is not for acute ... Based on results ... Angina #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #EBM
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Diagnosis Framework ... paraproteinemia, acute ... Malabsorption, Chronic ... Denosumab, Estrogen based ... Fanconi syndrome, CA
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... Diagnosis: Causes ... sedation, narcotics, CVA
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... , worse at the bases ... and periphery, ... , Beomycin • Acute ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
3:1), and the base ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... pulmonary edema in acute ... lung #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
be determined based ... Orthopnea/PND and Peripheral ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
Diagnosis LOCALIZATION ... sensitive stimulus • Peripheral ... encephalopathies, CJD • Chronic ... pulmonary), acid-base ... #neurology
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
Diagnostic algorithm ... testing is largely based ... components: targeted neurologic ... physician; AVS, acute ... #Posterior #CVA