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Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
mobility, thickened and ... one papillary muscle ... fused papillary muscles ... of a papillary muscle ... #diagnosis #differential
Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Causes of Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)

#Pulseless #Electrical #Activity #PEA #Differential #Diagnosis
Diagnosis and Treatment ... of Common Causes ... Activity #PEA #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent ... Causes of Neuromuscular ... junction - Muscle ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Differential ... #Neurology #Causes
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Management Summary ... Causes of Rhabdomyolysis ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #causes #treatment
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential ... Pain, Iliotiibial Band ... Fasciitis) - Muscle ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics ... #Causes
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Fragility Fractures - Differential ... Pain/Proximal Muscle ... Pathologic #MSK #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics ... #Causes
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Orthopedic Emergencies ... in irreversible muscle ... Syndrome • Syndrome caused ... underlying muscle ... #treatment
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes ... and Treatment ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Treatment ... #Management
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... Sensory Changes - Differential ... Myopathy - Proximal muscle ... Sensory #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
IDSA Treatment of Necrotizing Infections of the Skin, Fascia, and Muscle
 • Mixed infections
 • Streptococcus
IDSA Treatment of ... Skin, Fascia, and ... Muscle • Mixed ... fasciitis #Skin #IDSA #Treatment ... #management #antibiotics