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Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Causes of Excessive ... Daytime Sleepiness - Differential ... Restless Legs Syndrome ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Parkinson's, MS)
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... arthritis - (Reiter’s syndrome ... Erythematosus (SLE), should ... #msk #Differential
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
and Differential ... Disease - Especially COPD ... Myeloproliferative Disorders ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Causes of Growth Discrepancy: Large for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Factors:
 • Multiparity
 •
Causes of Growth ... Gestational Age - Differential ... weeks) • Genetic disorder ... Complications: • Shoulder ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Respiratory Failure - Differential ... obesity-hypoventilation syndrome ... OSA DIFFUSION DISORDER ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD ... hepatopulmonary syndrome
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... Hg although PP should ... : • Valvular disorders ... Myeloproliferative disorders ... Acute Coronary Syndrome
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder ... with autoimmune disorders ... a stroke that caused ... FrozenShoulder #pathophysiology ... stages #staging #msk
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
neurocognitive disorders ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia syndrome ... - 25% genetic component ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
although hepatic causes ... Inherited Urea Cycle Disorders ... rare): - Reye syndrome ... deficiency #Ammonia #Pathophysiology ... Hyperammonemia #Differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... when evaluation should ... with electrolyte disorders ... Neurologic disorders ... #Differential #