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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... Metabolic Acidosis #Chronic ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
Important causes ... people with HIV/AIDS ... Coccidioides 4) Protozoal ... Diarrhea #HIVAIDS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... from the various causes ... heart due to a chronic ... pulmonay infection, ARDS
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue ... - Differential ... Myasthenia Gravis Pharmacologic ... #Fatigue #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening
Primary Wall Thickening:
1 . Acute calculous cholecystitis
2. Acute acalculous cholecystitis
3. Chronic cholecystitis
4.
Causes of Gallbladder ... Chronic cholecystitis ... mononucleosis, AIDS ... Wall #Thickening #Causes ... #differential #
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Origin (FUO) - Differential ... • Fungal • Protozoa ... UnknownOrigin #FUO #Chronic ... #Differential #
OPIOID SWITCHING AND TAPERING.

Long term opioid use results in physical (and potentially psychological) dependence. Opioids should
sweating, anxiety, nausea ... follows a different protocol ... tapering #switching #pharmacology ... #conversion #management
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... according to Blue Protocol ... Differential Bilat ... Pulmonary edema, ARDS
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Causes of High-anion ... failure (acute and chronic ... Chronic progressive ... ACE-Is and ARBs ... Metabolic #Acidosis #differential
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... chills, anorexia, ARDS ... Presentation ​- Chronic ... ​• Chronic phase ... Fever #diagnosis #management