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Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
- Differential Diagnosis ... admission - Surgery ... Malignancy • Surgery ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... cardiac valves (septic
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Aortic/Iliac artery aneurysms ... (Risks: Recent surgery ... Poikilothermia • Septic ... extremity #msk #physicalexam
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
following neck surgery ... consistent with a diagnosis ... or induced by treatment ... /surgery; as in ... ophthalmology #physicalexam
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
coronary artery aneurysms ... Diagnosis: No pathognomonic ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #diagnosis #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Eclampsia, Infection/Sepsis ... factor PRES Diagnosis ... narrowing on MRA/CTA ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
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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- Differential Diagnosis ... Knee Effusions - Septic ... Benign Tumors: - Aneurysmal ... #differential #diagnosis ... #msk #physicalexam
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... nervous system (CNS ... brucellosis) • Sepsis ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
urine, sweat) - its ... shock/hypoxemia/Sepsis ... regional ischemia, surgery ... - Compartment syndrome ... - Sepsis
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
• Or brainstem syndromes ... incontinence • SENSES ... Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... management #neurology #treatment
Intermittent Bilateral Exophthalmos (Alternating Exophthalmos and Enophthalmos) on Physical Exam

Observing this patient in silence for a
Patient underwent a diagnostic ... Treatments are aimed ... The syndrome of ... arteriovenous aneurysms ... ophthalmology #physicalexam