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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Cardiovascular Causes ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... Myasthenia - Guillain Barre ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... Pain #dyspnea #sob
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
leakage of RBC's secondary ... Thrombocytopenia: ITP • Secondary ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #hematology
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
CCA, HB - secondary ... Kelly Warren Burak ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hepatology
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... Differential Diagnosis Secondary ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #hematology #secondary
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Causes of Biliary ... sludge), Mirizzi's syndrome ... pancreatitis, PSC (or secondary ... Ischaemic biliopathy, SOD ... Biliary #Dilatation #causes
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - Causes ... Deep coma (any cause ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Hyperthyroidism, Serotonin syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #table
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
) and Anti-La (SSB ... Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome ... LAC) • Sjogren Syndrome ... SSA), Anti-La (SSB ... #associations #table
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
CIDP, Guillain-Barre ... Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... , myeloma, secondary ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Causes of Portal ... procoagulopathy or secondary ... post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #hepatology