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Mood Disorders - Depressed or Elevated Moods - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week
- Differential Diagnosis ... 2 week period, depressed ... Mood • Depressed ... Cyclothymia • Symptoms ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Neurologic symptoms ... Migraine is a diagnosis ... Nerve Ill - Eye depressed ... IV - Eye cannot depress
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Symptoms (included in DSM 5 criteria) - Present during
Clinical Findings Symptoms ... concentration - Depressed ... suicide Other Symptoms ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology #Signs #Symptoms
Bipolar and Mania - Causes of Elevated Mood Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bipolar I
• Manic Episode
- Differential Diagnosis ... Grandiosity 2) Decreased ... Cyclothymia • Symptoms ... Hypomanic Episodes and Depressed ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Bipolar Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Disruption of emotional homeostasis
 • Oscillation between mood states
Minimum 2 weeks - depressed ... MoodDisorders #Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology #Signs #Symptoms
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... 10,000 ft) • Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis
Mental Status Exam (MSE)
Note: The MSE is a "snapshot" of a patient at a specific time.
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affect) -> Ex. depressed ... How thoughts are expressed ... Types of thoughts expressed ... of illness, the symptoms ... MSE #psychiatry #diagnosis
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
weakness, absent or depressed ... bulbar muscles DIAGNOSIS ... than one after symptom ... sensitive tests for diagnosis ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) - Spectrum of Response
Non-response:
 • Histology: Persistent eosinophilia, ≥ 15 eos/hpf
 • Symptoms:
15 eos/hpf • Symptoms ... : Persistent symptoms ... decrease in a symptom ... : Decreased symptoms ... EoE #Response #diagnosis
Migraine with Aura
Diagnostic Criteria (ICHD-3):
A) At least 2 attacks fulfilling criteria B and C:
B) One or
Migraine with Aura Diagnostic ... reversible aura symptoms ... Diplopia, Ataxia, Decreased ... another ICHD-3 diagnosis ... Migraine #Aura #diagnosis