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Peripheral Neuropathy - Diagnostic Schema and Differential Diagnosis

Hereditary
Common Causes
Rapid Onset
Subacute/Chronic Onset
 - Multifocal
 - Focal
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Peripheral Neuropathy ... Hereditary Common Causes ... - Focal - Diffuse ... Diagnosis #Schema #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Algorithm showing a stepwise approach to the assessment and investigation of a possible neuropathy. CIDP, chronic
Algorithm showing ... approach to the assessment ... Neurology #Neuropathy #Peripheral ... #Algorithm #Evaluation
Overview of approach to brain death

Pursuing a diagnosis of brain death too early may lead to
Brain death evaluation ... e.g. herniation, diffuse ... #CriticalCare #BrainDeath ... #Dead #Algorithm
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
Algorithm for the ... more likely to be peripheral ... A diagnostic algorithm ... The approach uses ... Dizzy #Dizziness #Algorithm
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Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

The term maculopapule is a portmanteau, a combination
of macule and
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC ... require emergent evaluation ... require further assessment ... Maculopapular #Rash #Algorithm ... #Central #Peripheral
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Diagnosis and Evaluation ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... , seizures) 3) Assessment ... #Differential #Algorithm
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... FOR TESTING: • Peripheral ... during medical evaluation ... for secondary causes ... Eosinophil #Disorders #Algorithm
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... evaluation of macrocytic ... by ordering a peripheral ... the most likely cause ... #Homocysteine #Algorithm
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
localized, crampy, diffuse ... lancinating - Peripheral ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Approach to using the perfusion scan in Brain Death Evaluation

Like any diagnostic test, a flow scan
in Brain Death Evaluation ... death, so in this case ... CriticalCare #NuclearMed #BrainDeath ... Perfusion #Scan #Algorithm