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Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Restless Legs Syndrome ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Medical/Psychiatric ... Head Trauma • Depression ... • Medications (Eg
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
Equivalents on ECG ... point • De Winter syndrome ... - J-point depression ... #Equivalents #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... functional somatic syndromes ... (e.g. fibromyalgia ... Somatisation, Anxiety or depression ... Irritable #Bowel #Syndrome
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
in Wonderland Syndrome ... • Infection (e.g ... Brain lesions (e.g ... • Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... Alice #Wonderland #Syndrome
Psychotic Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Mood disorder with psychotic features
 • Psychotic symptoms present exclusively during
during major mood syndrome ... disorder (bipolar & depressive ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome ... Anxiety, PTSD, Depression ... illness - Prior psychiatric ... IntensiveCare #Syndrome
Beta Blocker Side Effects / Toxicity
Cardiac Side Effects:
 • Sinus bradycardia, AV block, Heart failure exacerbation,
blocker withdrawal syndrome ... (e.g. tachycardia ... asthma/COPD), Depression
Progression of EKG changes in Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
Hyperacute T waves:
 • Broad-based and symmetrical, usually
Progression of EKG ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... ST take off ST depression ... down-sloping ST depression ... Acute #coronary #syndrome
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Opposing leads ST depression ... interval J Wave Syndromes ... involved • Brugada Syndrome ... Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome ... diagnosis #cardiology #ecg
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Neurologic • Depression ... • Drug Abuse (e.g ... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome