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Differential Diagnosis of Pedal Edema #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Edema #LowerExtremity #Differential #Unilateral #Bilateral #Acute #Chronic #Algorithm
Differential Diagnosis ... LowerExtremity #Differential ... #Unilateral #Bilateral ... #Acute #Chronic ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... lesion - Bilateral ... nerve palsy) - Unilateral ... #Causes #neurology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
photophobia - Bilateral ... without aura - Chronic ... headache: - Bilateral ... or unilateral photophobia ... - Unilateral
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
Sub-Cortical: Axial/Bilateral ... induced • Spinal: Unilateral ... sensitive stimulus • Peripheral ... encephalopathies, CJD • Chronic ... Diagnosis #Causes #neurology
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential ... postchronic hypercapnia (acute ... reversal of chronic ... hyperaldosteronism (unilateral ... adenoma/ bilateral
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
weeks incubation Acute ... sign: painless unilateral ... symptoms, positive serology ... Tests - check Acute ... Thin and thick peripheral