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Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nasal Obstruction/ URTI:
 • Septal Deviation
 • Allergic Rhinitis
Mellitus • Adrenal Hypofunction ... • Adrenal Hyperfunction ... #Dysfunction #Loss ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Scleritis, Episcleritis Pearls
-Scleritis is characterized by significant pain, pain with eye movement, vision loss, and vessels
movement, vision loss ... Episcleritis is typically less ... with no vision loss ... scleritis involves ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Black and Bloody Stools - Melena and Hematochezia
Melena - Refers to passage of black, tarry (sticky
Involves loss ... slow, blood loss ... result from other causes ... hemorrhage may also cause ... #Differential #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
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Diagnosis for Vision Loss ... Painful Vision Loss ... Painless Vision Loss ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Bilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Complete/ Partial Homonymous Hemianopia
 • Infarct
 • Intracranial Hemorrhage
Bilateral Acute Vision Loss ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Neuro-OphthaImoIogy - Visual Field Defects - Localization Map
 - Optic Nerve Lesion (Monocular vision loss)
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Neuro-OphthaImoIogy ... Monocular vision loss ... Diagnosis #Anatomy #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Lateral Canthotomy / Cantholysis - Procedure Instructions

The orbit is a relatively closed compartment and an acute
irreversible visual loss ... The most common cause ... Retrobulbar #Hemorrhage #Ophthalmology
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
 - Pathophysiology not fully understood; possibly due to thrombus located in
Second most common cause ... of vision loss ... disease (Most common cause ... ) #Clinical #Ophthalmology