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Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Systemic: Systemic infection ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... neurocognitive disease
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
• Anemia • Chronic ... Infection • Malignancy ... • Myasthenia Gravis ... Dermatomyositis • Viral infection ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... primary adrenal infection ... Insufficiency #AI ... #differential # ... #infectiousdiseases
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection ... Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ... CNS Infection ... is biphasic • Clinical ... Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
Erythema ab igne • A dermatosis ... to have a "wood-grain ... mycobacterial infection ... Parvovirus B19 infection ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Infection with ... special media) • Infection ... Diseases Fellows ... #differential # ... workup #infectiousdiseases
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... inhibition - Chronic ... aspiration and acute ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... #neurology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
with bacterial infection ... prosthetic joint infection ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Infection ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Reversible course Differential ... Infection, Electrolyte ... #neurology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... weeks without infection ... cells can indicate disease ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... #workup #oncology