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Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Causes of Hyponatremia ... Diarrhea, Third spacing ... Stress, Drugs, Syndrome ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis ... Drugs & Toxins (Statins ... malignant neuroleptic syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... - Small bowel imaging ... Malabsorption syndromes ... Irritable bowel syndrome
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Lambert Eaton Syndrome ... poisoning, Scorpion sting ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Causes
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
prolapse (Marfan syndrome ... , Ehler-Danlos syndrome ... disease, carcinoid syndrome ... hypereosinophilic syndrome ... Dilated CMP, long-standing
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
paresthesias • Imaging ... dysfunction • Imaging ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... 4 weeks after starting ... neurological symptoms • Caused
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Otitis externa - Caused ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... external ear, sparing ... Temporomandibular joint syndrome ... Nerve V: • TMJ syndrome
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Helminthic: Loffler syndrome ... Tobacco, Scorpion sting ... Hypereosinophilic syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Causes of Sudden ... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ... exposure - Sharing ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
osmolarity If cause ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... NT-proBNP, cardiac imaging ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes