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Alternatives to opioids for pain management in the emergency department decreases opioid usage and maintains patient
Alternatives to ... Pharmacology #NonOpioid #Alternatives ... PainSyndromes #Indications ... #Pathways #Table ... Migraine #Headache #Colic
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications ... "biliary colic") ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #abdominalpain
Common causes of post-Transplant Diarrhea
 • Bacterial: Clostridium difficile, Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp., Bacterial overgrowth, Aeromonus
Common causes of ... ., Escherichia coli ... Entameoba • IS medications ... Transplant #Diarrhea #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
Differential diagnosis of hyperammonemia

#Hyperammonemia #Ammonia #Drugs #Medications #Differential #Diagnosis #Causes #Table
Differential diagnosis ... Ammonia #Drugs #Medications ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Table
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Renal Loses - Medications ... - Electrolyte abnormalities ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
- Differential Diagnosis ... no neurological cause ... : • Trauma • Medication ... • Congenital abnormalities ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
Causes of Falls ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Balance • Gait Abnormalities ... Polypharmacy - esp. > 4 medications ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Causes of Acute ... Enterotoxigenic E coli ... #Diarrhea #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table
When to Evaluate for Secondary Causes of Hypertension
1. Severe or resistant HTN
2. Acute rise/lability in BP
3.
for Secondary Causes ... or electrolyte abnormalities ... #Hypertension #causes ... #differential #indications ... #diagnosis #HTN