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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Status (AMS) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... /agitation • CNS ... Polyarteritis nodosa • Scleroderma
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
their Disease Associations ... Anti-Scl-70 - Scleroderma ... Autoantibodies #Associations ... #diseases #diagnosis ... #table #rheumatology
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
LAC) • Sjogren Syndrome ... TIF1y, MDA5 • Scleroderma ... #Rheumatology #diagnosis ... #associations # ... table
Serotonin Syndrome Differential Diagnosis: Anticholinergic syndrome, Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, Malignant hyperthermia  #Diagnosis #Differential #Serotonin #Syndrome
Differential Diagnosis ... hyperthermia #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... MalignantHyperthermia #Comparison #Table ... #Differential #
ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
SLE), Sjogren's Syndrome ... systemic sclerosis/scleroderma ... systemic sclerosis/scleroderma ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #differential
Dysphagia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Structural
 • Tumors
 • Zenker's Diverticulum
 • Foreign Bodv
Neuromuscular Toxic/Metabolic
 • Myasthenia
Dysphagia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Myasthenia Gravis • CNS ... Progressive Symptoms • Scleroderma ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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and Mimics - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Complement Levels: Scleroderma ... #Mimics #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Comparison #Table ... #Rheumatology #Associations
Differential diagnosis of schistocytes / fragmentation hemolysis:
 • Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
    - TTP
Differential diagnosis ... hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... hypertension • Scleroderma ... anemia" • HELLP syndrome ... #diagnosis #hematology
Scleroderma Mimics
 • Scleredema
 • Scleromyxedema (papular mucinosis)
 • Eosinophilic Fasciitis
 • Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
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Scleroderma Mimics ... • Scleredema ... Fibrosis • POEMS Syndrome ... #rheumatology #differential ... #diagnosis