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Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Abnormal Abdominal Ultrasound ... Chronic Chest Symptoms ... #Causes #Hematology
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Contrast #CT #MRI #POCUS ... #radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #appearance ... #hepatology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... Clinical Pearls ... • Neurologic symptoms ... Orbital Floor Fracture ... #DoubleVision #Differential
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... reflection on the differential ... variety of other causes ... #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... and duration of symptoms ... #rheumatology # ... comparison #table
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
postpartum): • Initial symptoms ... = nonspecific (nausea ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... infiltration) Differential ... Diagnosis: Viral
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Phosphatase Of Clinical ... Most cases diagnosed ... • recurrent fractures ... mineralization Symptoms ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Skull Fracture on POCUS
7 month-old after a fall and temporal swelling. normal neuro exam.  POCUS
The benefit of Ultrasound ... : Being able to ... diagnose a skull ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #pediatrics
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... POCUS lung exam ... Differential Bilat ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #clinical #ultrasound
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... compression by fractured ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes