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Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Causes of Apparent ... Event (ALTE) - Differential ... Disorders • Central ... • Incarcerated Hernia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Approach to Nausea / Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Gastrointestinal 
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/ Vomiting - Differential ... Inflammatory • Central ... Disorders • Other Causes ... #Vomiting #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification
Clues to Differential Diagnosis of Central Cyanosis: Onset of cyanosis, Clubbing, Secondary erythrocytosis, Auscultation, X-ray, Echocardiography,
Clues to Differential ... heart defect - Pulmonary ... diseases - Pulmonary ... #Cyanosis #Differential ... #Cardiology #Causes
Uveitis - Definition, Causes and SUN Classification

Inflammation of the iris, ciliary body, vitreous, retina and/or choroid
Incidence
and SUN Classification ... multiple sclerosis Infectious ... Bartonella SUN Classification ... #SUN #Classification ... #Differential #
Pneumothorax Causes - Differential Diagnosis Schema
Spontaneous - Traumatic - Iatrogenic

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#Pneumothorax #Causes #Differential #Diagnosis
Pneumothorax Causes ... - Differential ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Classification ... #Pulmonary
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Differential Diagnosis ... Infection: • ... Crack cocaine, Heroin ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Weakness - Differential ... Forehead Sparing = Central ... Palsy (70-75%), Infection ... Facial #Weakness #Differential
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... deep breathing Pulmonary ... dysfunction; toxic ingestions ... Inflammation • Central ... Tachypnea #Hyperpnea #Differential
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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and sources of infection ... • Soft tissue infections ... IVDUs who dissolve heroin ... Endocarditis #Sources #Causes ... Bacteria #Etiology #Differential