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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic ... Causes of Dyspnea ... : Anemia, Arrhythmia ... poisoning, DKA, Fever ... #Chronic #Causes
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Overall Approach ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Blood Loss • Acute ... • Anemia of Chronic ... #Causes #Hematology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... potentially be an acute ... Red Flags: • Fever ... Rib fracture • Shingles ... aneurysms • Acute
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Pulmonary - Other • Anemia
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Pediatric Vomiting ... Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds # ... Pediatrics
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint ... the time course (acute ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... • Rheumatic fever ... streptococci (rheumatic fever
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
-> AML: Blast crises ... Headaches, bone pain, fever ... , weight loss, abdominal ... - infiltrates (anemia ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
infectious disease caused ... weeks incubation Acute ... mild (malaise, fever ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... Tests - check Acute
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
often paired with arthritis ... during attacks; arthritis ... syndrome - chronic ... relegated to a single ... known pathogenic cause
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
disease of unknown cause ... presents with an acute ... for giant cell arteritis ... • Normocytic anemia ... treatment for PMR is a chronic