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Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... Intestine - Other causes ... Bone symptoms - Pain ... ALP #Elevation #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hepatology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
) - Differential ... Glossopharyngeal neuromas Vagus ... disease processes ... #Otology #Otolaryngology ... #differential #
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... genitourinary causes ... dysfunction • PSC ... appendages • FMF ... #Differential #
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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• Hematologic ... malignancies Treatment ... Methotrexate • AIN ... #AKI #Cancer #Oncology ... #Differential #
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... initiation • Differential ... fluid overload, PCC ... diagnosis #management #hematology ... #oncology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Pleuritic chest pain ... of PCN allergy ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential ... #causes #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
: Arterial (MCC-small ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
with systemic disease ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... , breast CA - Hematologic ... Treatment: - Systemic ... #oncology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc ... to bolus these values ... presentations and disease ... before beginning treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
or sed rate): Value ... very remarkable w/differential ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... Treatment of GCA