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Causes of Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis
Increased Hydrostatic Pressure
 • Volume Expansion: Kidney failure, Pregnancy, Medication
Medication side effect (e.g ... , Pulmonary hypertension ... Cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome ... • Filariasis (e.g ... Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue - Differential ... Pulmonary Disease Neurologic ... • Myasthenia Gravis ... • Drug Abuse (e.g ... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac failure ... vasoconstriction (e.g ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... • Prolonged hypotension ... AIN) • Drugs (e.g
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... risk factors (eg ... (eg, patientswith ... papilledema, heart failure ... (eg, presence of
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... Serologic and EMG ... acute respiratory failure ... immunosuppressants - Meds ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
High altitude (eg ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... • There are gravity-dependent ... Intrapulmonary shunting (eg ... intracardiac shunting (eg
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... agents, Renal failure ... Reversible course Differential ... • EEG: With persistent ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs