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Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Causes of Orthopnea ... - Differential ... - Trauma - Surgery ... manipulation - CNS ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatic disorders ... Damage: • Post-op surgery ... effect following treatment
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Erythematosus (SLE) Clinical ... Headache, Movement disorders ... , Seizure disorders ... Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... autoantibodies that will cause
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... : • Valvular disorders ... - Chronic pulmonary ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... disease, thyroid disorders ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Causes
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
production and its ... Inherited Urea Cycle Disorders ... deficiency #Ammonia #Pathophysiology ... Hyperammonemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
nervous system (CNS ... and treatment can ... Inflammatory causes ... optica spectrum disorder ... #inflammatory #differential
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Caused commonly ... neurodegenerative disorders ... Pathophysiology: ... Treatment: anticholinergics ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Diagnosis Framework ... Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... • Congenital disorders ... cardiac/Valve surgery ... #diagnosis #causes
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery if possible ... be replaced or its ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Airway #Pressure #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis