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Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
Algorithm for the ... diagnosis of chronic ... many possible causes ... In most cases, it ... #Diarrhea #Algorithm
Iron Deficiency Anemia vs Anemia of Chronic Disease - Laboratory Testing

SUMMARY:
 - RDW, FEP, serum iron,
Anemia vs Anemia of Chronic ... Disease - Laboratory Testing ... normal but poor sensitivity ... Deficiency #Anemia #Chronic ... #Comparison #Table
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Ossificans #Chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Adenomyosis • Ovarian cyst ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #OBGyn
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Insipidus (Incr ADH sensitivity ... cisplatin) - Chronic ... hypercalcemia - Chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Metabolic Acidosis #Chronic ... #Causes
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Causes of Hyponatremia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cerebral salt wasting ... : • Acute or chronic ... #Causes #nephrology
Elevated Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pancreatic causes:
 - Pancreatic cancer
 - Complications pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pancreatic causes ... Non-pancreatic causes ... Renal failure / Chronic ... fallopian tube cysts
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
to heat (fires, heating ... pads, heating blankets ... centrifugum • A chronic ... Haverhill fever caused ... Erythemas #comparison #table
Causes of Primary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No onset of menarche by age 16 with secondary
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Androgen insensitivity ... Functional (e.g. eating ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #OBGyn