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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
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
chromosome 21) Signs / Symptoms ... : visuospatial abnormalities ... Inattention and lack ... pathophysiology #geriatrics ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... , diarrhea • Back ... • Urinary symptoms ... genitourinary causes ... RUQ: • Biliary colic
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... - May involve symptoms ... precipitated by medications ... - History of back ... pain #Rare #Causes
Subinvolution of the uterus refers to the delayed return of the uterus to its pre-pregnancy size
gradually shrinks back ... Causes Retained ... other uterine abnormalities ... Signs and Symptoms ... exam Pelvic pain
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
wasting, radicular pain ... weakness, sensory abnormalities ... bowel dysfunction, back ... pain • Imaging ... • Caused by immune
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... fever, malaise, lack ... , cough, chest pain ... (2-5%), liver (pain ... 12-20%, spleen (pain
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... dormitories) - Lack ... brain or skull abnormalities ... redflags #signs #symptoms
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
active disease symptoms ... heavy housework, medications ... from whatever cause ... so, they seem stable ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Panic Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Social Factors
 • Parenting and infant attachment
 • Childhood illness/abuse
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axis • GABA abnormalities ... sweating, trembling, nausea ... dyspnea, chest pain ... Psychological Symptoms ... carrying anti-anxiety medication