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Differential Diagnosis of Syncope
First, is it syncope? History is very important for distinguishing syncope from other
Differential Diagnosis ... Ask about precipitating ... , post-ictal confusion ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... #Differential #
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free ... Vertigo #Algorithm #differential
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Straight Leg Raise Test ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... auscultation • Digital ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK ... signal of the distal ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... tear (similar symptoms ... #msk
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
loss caused by ... the optic nerve caused ... thrombosis of short ... Clinical manifestations ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... or serologies + symptoms ... Goodpasture's cause ... Renal #Syndromes #differential
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... 10,000 ft) • Symptoms ... - Dyspnea at rest ... #differential #diagnosis
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Diagnosis Framework ... the following symptoms ... • Associated symptoms ... vision or black spots ... #diagnosis
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... of active pulmonary ... for concomitant pulmonary ... Residency @CMC_IM #Potts