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Diabetic Foot Guidelines: Test patients w diabetes for peripheral neuropathy using the Semmes-Weinstein test
JAMA. 2017;318(14):1387-1388. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.11700

#Diagnosis
Diabetic Foot Guidelines ... Test patients w diabetes ... for peripheral neuropathy ... .2017.11700 #Diagnosis ... #Neuropathy #Monofilament
Algorithm showing a stepwise approach to the assessment and investigation of a possible neuropathy. CIDP, chronic
of a possible neuropathy ... CIDP, chronic inflammatory ... HNPP, hereditary neuropathy ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #Neuropathy #Peripheral
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
of Peripheral Neuropathy ... Inflammatory/AI: CIDP ... #Peripheral #Neuropathy ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
- Differential Diagnosis ... Brachial plexus neuropathy ... , GBS, CIDP - ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Comparison between Venous, Arterial, Neuropathic Diabetic, and Pressure Ulcers. 

#Clinical #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare #vascular #Dermatology #SkinUlcers #foot
Venous, Arterial, Neuropathic ... Diabetic, and Pressure ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Erectile Dysfunction: Pathogenesis

Erectile Dysfunction - Persistent or recurrent inability to achieve an erection sufficient to achieve
afferent/sensory neuropathy ... efferent (autonomic neuropathy ... (penile artery diameter ... #Dysfunction #Pathophysiology ... #Urology #Diagnosis
Diabetic Foot: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Polyol Pathway - Excess glucose enters Polyol pathway ->
Diabetic Foot: Pathogenesis ... vascular disease and neuropathy ... and autonomic neuropathies ... Sensory and motor neuropathies ... #DiabeticFoot #pathophysiology
Fecal Incontinence - Pathogenesis and Complications
Continence mechanisms are impaired
 • Local neuronal damage
 • External and
constipation • Sensory neuropathy ... Diabetes) • Altered ... Incontinence #geriatrics #pathophysiology
Skin Ulcers of the Lower Legs / Feet - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
• Pressure
• Trauma
• Radiation
Vascular:
• Arterial
- Differential Diagnosis ... Neurological: • Diabetic ... neuropathy • Tabes ... gangrenosum • Diabetic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Motility: Diet, IBS-C, Colonic inertia, Pelvic floor disorders,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Spinal cord injury, Neuropathy ... • Metabolic: Diabetes ... #Differential #Diagnosis