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Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Cushing Syndrome ... : • Suspected Cushing ... Urine Free by LC-MS ... /MS) • Adrenocorticotropic ... endocrinology #Adrenal #Hyperfunction
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
Drugs Causing Acute ... rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... #Pancreatitis #Causes
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
URT inflammation causes ... severe swelling causes ... release neurotoxin causing ... URT -> Vigorous coughing ... replicates within CNS causing
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
of dopaminergic hypofunction ... Medications #Drugs #Causes
Positive Lachman test in ACL Injury

Here is an exam of a patient under anesthesia with an
That causes the ... during running and cutting ... cruciate #ligament #msk
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nasal Obstruction/ URTI:
 • Septal Deviation
 • Allergic Rhinitis
Mellitus • Adrenal Hypofunction ... • Adrenal Hyperfunction ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Categorized by causes ... Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK ... Pleuritic #ChestPain #Causes
Pathological Optic Disc Cupping

Note cup-to-disc ratio at least 0.8 (physiologic limit of 0.5).

Thinning of optic disc
Pathological Optic Disc Cupping ... Usual cause is glaucoma ... Glaucoma causes ... #OpticDisc #Cupping
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
and Secondary Causes ... , work or when using ... Hypertension Secondary Causes ... Glucocorticoid excess (Cushing ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Jaundice - Pathophysiology and Causes

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Jaundice #Pathophysiology #Differential #Unconjugated #Causes #Diagnosis
Pathophysiology and Causes ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Unconjugated #Causes