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Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... Toxin-mediated, Ongoing source ... • Tissue: Source ... Antibiotic #Failure #Differential
Bone Tumor Location within the Skeleton

Epiphysis: 
Only a few lesions are located in the epiphysis, so
chondroblastoma or an infection ... included in the differential ... Enchondroma and infections ... Epiphysis #Radiology #MSK ... #Differential #
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
• Enteroviral infections ... • Herpes virus infections ... consistent with MS ... #neurology #noninflammatory ... #differential #
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... allopurinol), Infection ... DAH, rule out infection ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... respiratory distress syndrome ... pneumonia, id Once ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology #Management
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Demyelinating Diseases - Differential ... Inflammatory: MS ... nodosa, SLE • Infectious ... Demyelinating #Diseases #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - Differential ... disease • Behcet's syndrome ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... receptor-associated periodic syndrome ... Fever #Patterns #Differential
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift:
 • Alkalosis
 • ↑ beta-2 adrenergic simulation 
 • Erythropoiesis
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Erythropoiesis (B12 injections ... • Refeeding syndrome ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Post-infectious ... • Toxins • Infection ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Knee Effusions - Differential ... Seronegative Reactive Syndrome ... - Aneurysmal bone ... Effusions #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #msk