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Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Diagnosis Framework ... Iris 7. ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... : • Cataracts ... optic disk • HIV
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... initiation Clinical ... skin lesions, ocular ... Zoster flare, ocular ... #Differential #
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... Injury: • AST: Less ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... think about three clinical ... change • Contact lens ... Chalazion • Contact lens ... Ptosis #neurology #Differential
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
Double Vision - Differential ... Clinical Pearls ... Refractive Error • Cataract ... /Lens Dislocation ... Cranial Nerve IV
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
several common and less ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... MRI lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Level • AST: Less ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... • Gilbert's syndrome ... liver #chemistry #diagnosis ... #differential #
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
workup 1) Clinical ... hydrocephalus, HIV ... Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia syndrome ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential ... #Subtypes #Classification
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
/ AIDS - Differential ... • IRIS might ... -cell count is less ... should be based on clinical ... patients with IRIS
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
infections • Nodular ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... gastrointestinal symptoms (elevations ... NTM #Infections #differential