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Anisocoria Evaluation Flow Chart - Differential Diagnosis
1. Check pupillary reaction to light 
2. Measure pupil size.
Evaluation Flow Chart ... - Differential ... pupillary reaction to light ... pupil size in bright ... Evaluation #Algorithm #Differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... Less common since cART ... symptoms (fever, weight ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
pupil (4-6mm); • Light-near ... when reexposed to light ... Young females Differential ... asymmetry in dark and light ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... infections when cART ... CNS #Infections #differential ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
Neuro-OphthaImoIogy - Visual Field Defects - Localization Map
 - Optic Nerve Lesion (Monocular vision loss)
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quadrantanopia) - Right ... Lesion (Incongruous right ... Nucleus Lesion (Right ... NeuroOphthaImoIogy #Neurology ... #Differential #
Unintentional Weight Loss in Primary Care
 • Definition: More than 5% reduction in body weight within
Unintentional Weight ... reduction in body weight ... (4% to 8%) - Neurologic ... PrimaryCare #diagnosis #differential
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
Hypernatremia - Differential ... The differential ... , Dehydration: neurologic ... 60% of patient weight ... eg 0.5-0.6 x pt weight
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
both sides 2) Right-left ... - Inability to differentiate ... right and left, ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
microscopy/UOP/weights ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
under polarized light ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... Urinary #Casts #Differential ... Microscopy #Diagnosis #Nephrology