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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
release neurotoxin causing ... URT -> Vigorous coughing ... replicates within CNS causing ... within GI and URT causes ... Maternal viremia causes
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
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
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
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
Bilateral Biceps Tendon Rupture Injury 

Bilateral bicipital rupture sustained during curling exercise.

#Biceps #Tendon #Rupture #Injury #Bilateral
sustained during curling ... orthopedics #sports #MSK
Approach to Low Back Pain - Differential Algorithm
- Non-MSK
- Axial / Musculoskeletal
- Radicular
- Systemic Disease (Do
Algorithm - Non-MSK ... Differential #Algorithm #Causes