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Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Kidney Disease - Differential ... • Renal artery stenosis ... Family history, ultrasound ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology #Differential
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... • Subglottic stenosis ... #Stridor #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... pulmonary #airway #physicalexam
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Causes = RV failure ... pericarditis (this case ... and tricuspid stenosis ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Video #Clinical #Neck
Causes of Peptic Ulcer Disease
 • H. Pylori
 • NSAIDs
 • Gastric adenocarcinoma
 • Gastric lymphoma
Causes of Peptic ... Irritation at the neck ... • Coeliac axis stenosis ... Ulcer #Disease #Causes ... #differential #
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Commonly caused ... nerve at fibular neck ... compression • Spinal Stenosis ... sensory #motor #leg #physicalexam
Facial Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Facial Edema

Infectious:
	• Dental abscess
	• Ludwig's angina
	• Vincent's angina
	• Cellulitis
	•
Facial Swelling - Differential ... Central venous stenosis ... Central venous stenosis ... of the head and neck ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
right lateral neck ... Differential/diagnosis ... Lemierre's Syndrome case ... On ultrasound note ... POCUS #Clinical #Ultrasound
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Bone/Joint Causes ... etc) • Spinal stenosis ... #Leg #pain #differential ... extremity #msk #physicalexam
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential ... PE, tricuspid stenosis ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... diagnosis #cardiology #differential ... #causes
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Rash - Differential ... • Abdominal ultrasound ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #dermatology #physicalexam