19 results
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... herniation • Anatomic abnormalities ... #Pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #primarycare #table
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Pain - Differential ... Retroperitoneal - renal colic ... Lower #BackPain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Upper Quadrant Pain ... hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications ... "biliary colic") ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
Causes of Falls ... the Elderly - Differential ... Balance • Gait Abnormalities ... Polypharmacy - esp. > 4 medications ... Falls #Elderly #Geriatrics
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Acute Abdominal Pain ... - Differential ... • Infantile Colic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... , diarrhea • Back ... genitourinary causes ... RUQ: • Biliary colic ... #Differential #
Causes of ileitis beyond Crohn’s disease and infections include systemic disorders -spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, ischemia, and amyloidosis
Causes of ileitis ... amyloidosis as well as medications ... scripts to refer back ... #GI #Ileitis #Differential ... #Table
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Shock - Differential ... draw • Severe pain ... depletion - Medication ... Classification #Table ... #Causes
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Renal Loses - Medications ... - Electrolyte abnormalities ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... precipitated by medications ... - History of back ... pain #Rare #Causes ... #differential #