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Causes of Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Fluent - Agrammatic, hesitant, but substantive communication
Impaired Repetition
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Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential ... communication Impaired ... Repetition • Impaired ... Repetition • Impaired ... Aphasia #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fluent - Grammatically correct, but nonsensical, tangential. Phonemic & semantic
Causes of Aphasia - Differential ... communication Impaired ... Repetition • Impaired ... Repetition • Impaired ... Aphasia #Neurology #Differential
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis - Impaired Excretion vs Redistribution

Impaired Urinary Excretion 
 - Renal failure
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis - Impaired ... Redistribution Impaired ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential
Drugs causing hyperkalemia
 • Impaired release of renin: NSAIDs, Beta blockers, Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly
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hyperkalemia • Impaired ... receptor blockers • Impaired ... medications #causes #differential
Approach to Neonatal Jaundice

Causes of pathologic hyperbilirubinemia can be classified as due to (1) increased bilirubin
processes), (2) impaired ... hepatic) or (3) impaired ... Jaundice #Algorithm #Differential
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Nephropathy
 • Cortical Manifestations
    - Main issue: Hemolysis-associated endothelial
tubular - Impaired ... isosthenuria - Impaired ... Nephropathy #diagnosis #differential
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... symmetrically IMPAIRED ... • Factitious IMPAIRED ... Pupils #Defects #Differential
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
narrowing the differential ... represents dilated and impacted
Causes of Hyperkalemia

Hyperkalemia is caused by excess potassium intake, impaired potassium excretion, or transcellular shifts. The
potassium intake, impaired ... multifactorial, with impaired ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential
Secondary Causes of Hypothermia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definition:
- Core temp < 35°C

Infectious:
 - Sepsis

Neuromuscular Disease:
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Hypothermia - Differential ... Neuromuscular Disease: - Impaired ... Hypoglycemia Impaired ... #Hypothermia #Differential