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Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis ... , cocaine) • Direct ... Muscle Damage ( ... exercise) • Muscle ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pain/Proximal Muscle ... Mineralization Defect ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Direct palpation ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #MSK
Clay-Shoveler Fracture 
 - Avulsion fracture of spinous process of C6 or C7 (Stable fracture)
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of lower neck muscles ... or Direct trauma ... Fracture #Diagnosis #MSK ... SpinousProcess #MSK
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Categorized by causes ... Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK ... Pleuritic #ChestPain #Causes ... #Differential #Algorithm
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
URT inflammation causes ... arrhythmias, seizures; muscle ... causing MN death -> Muscle ... > Inflammation causes ... Transmitted by direct
Approach to Low Back Pain - Differential Algorithm
- Non-MSK
- Axial / Musculoskeletal
- Radicular
- Systemic Disease (Do
- Differential Algorithm ... - Non-MSK - Axial ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Causes
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Fasciitis) - Muscle ... Delayed Onset Muscle ... Intraarticular #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
tensile strength of muscle ... -> Hill Sachs Defect ... damage to nerves, muscles ... signs #symptoms #msk
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... or LV papillary muscle ... injury: Direct/ ... indirect chest wall ... displacement of papillary muscles