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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
of Peripheral Weakness ... Sensory Changes - Differential ... • Cardio-pulmonary ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... #Neurology #Differential
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
clinical findings • Anterior ... > Anterior spinal ... Upper extremity weakness ... anesthesia. leg weakness ... #orthopedics #neurology
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary ... mass • Masses: Anterior ... Pericardial effusion • CXR ... Mediastinal #Widening #Differential
Lower Extremity Nerve Pathologies 

 • Obturator
 • Femoral
 • Common Peroneal
 • Tibial
 • Superior
Superior Gluteal • Inferior ... #Pathologies #differential ... diagnosis #Neuropathy #anatomy ... #innervation #neurology
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
of Hypoxemia- Differential ... lung disease • Pulmonary ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Neuromascular Weakness ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
tract and/or the anterior ... • Etiology - Anterior ... tracts in the anterior ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Pediatric Wheezing - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm CXR ... Abnormal: • Pulmonary ... Vascular Compression Syndrome ... Peds #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
 •
of Hemoptysis - Differential ... Malformation Normal CXR ... Goodpasture's Syndrome ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... #Hemoptysis #Differential
CN III Palsy - Oculomotor Nerve
 • Ptosis: Loss of innervation of the levator palpebrae superior.
comparison to Horner's syndrome ... Extraocular Muscle Weakness ... superior rectus, inferior ... medial rectus, and inferior ... Nerve #Cranial #neurology