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Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... is stable and of ... illness, a general ... • Histrionic - attention-seeking ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... The old name is ... #Differential #Table
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... pattern The algorithm ... are visible, the pattern ... nodules along the central ... the nodules are diffuse
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... associated ground glass attenuation ... LCDD, SS Cyst pattern ... presentations - ILD ... DCLD #pulmonary #Algorithm
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
the dominant HR-pattern ... consolidation) low attenuation ... lower zone or a central ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Loss (Alopecia) - General ... (Diffuse and Focal ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... planopilaris Pattern ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

The term maculopapule is a portmanteau, a combination
of macule and
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC ... macule and papule (Table ... Those with centrally ... pathognomonic for SJS or EM ... Maculopapular #Rash #Algorithm
ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
ID Approach to Fever ... Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm ... Central Maculopapular ... Secondary syphilis, EM ... Febrile #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
Management: Pain control ... if types I or Ill ... • If stable ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Tale of Two Staphylococci: 
Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 

MSSA arrived quietly,
Tale of Two Staphylococci ... and infection control ... MRSA thrived on attention ... production involving ID ... #MSSA #MRSA #ID