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Red Flags in Back Pain
 • Cancer: Age > 50, History of cancer, Unexplained weight loss,
Red Flags in Back ... conservative therapy (e.g ... • Cauda equina syndrome ... #Pain #differential ... #diagnosis #primarycare
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Differential Diagnosis ... Dysplasias • (e.g ... Disease • GI (e.g ... • CNS Tumors (e.g ... endocrinology #causes #pediatrics
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... (e.g. ankylosing ... spondyloarthritis (e.g ... #Pain #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #primarycare
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)
ECG of young lady who presented to the ER with episodes of chest pain,
(WPW) ECG of young ... episodes of chest pain ... and feeling a "black ... PR interval is short ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Low and High PTH
LOW PTH - Hypoparathyroid
 - Congenital (Pediatric)
Hypocalcemia - Differential ... - Congenital (Pediatric ... Vit-D degradation (eg ... hyperphosphatemia (eg ... Tumor lysis syndrome
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... • Weakness: Starts ... Hands or feet • Pain ... Back or extremities ... Electrodiagnostic studies - EMG
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... Valvular disease (e.g ... Symptoms: • Chest pain ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
carbon monoxide (eg ... living conditions (eg ... vascular diseases (eg ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... signs #symptoms #differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... • Malignancy (e.g ... Endocrine disorders (e.g ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... • Malar rash - spares